What is the difference between vodka and gin?

Answer 1

Gin is an alcoholic beverage made from juniper berries.

To gin up is a slang term meaning to exaggerate, or to rile up a crowd. Its proper past tense would be ginned up; 'ginned' is not by itself a word.

Answer 2

Vodka and gin is very close in the base product those days... Alcohol !

BUT

• Vodka must be distilled up to at least 95 % and then reduced with water to at least 38% ... that's the only rule as long as you buy European Vodka
• Gin do not need to be distilled to 95% but could very well be.

• 95% is basically the technical limit for traditionally distilled alcohol

• The base alcohol in Gin is basically the same as for grain whiskey and the the spirit is then not allowed to be over 95% ... but could be a bit lower. Normally the alcohol is made from Corn (maiz)

• The taste of Gin is from the Juniper berry and Coriander.. a development from Dutch Genever that however very well could be pot stilled.
• The taste of plain Vodka is in princip just the alcohol with possiby some suger in it.
• Any alcohol distilled will bing some taste from the MASH... normally made from Corn, Potato, Barley, fruit... anything with starch converted to suger or with natrually suger.
• Sooo .. it could in fact be the same alcohol spiced to gin or used plain for Vodka or stored in cask and then sold as Whisky.

• The exact origin of vodka is unknown whereas was the Dutch physician Franciscus Sylvius is credited with the invention of gin.
• Gin is flavored with a collection of herbs known as "botanicals."
• Vodka is typically available in red pepper, ginger, fruit flavors, vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon although it is the unflavored version that is preferred across the globe.

Answer 3

Vodka doesn't have the flavorings that are added to gin.

Answer 4

Gin is flavored with the juniper berry, and whiskey goes through a special aging process in wooden casks, unlike gin. Both have a relatively high alcohol content, however.