Liquor vs Liqueur

Have you ever wonder does alcohol totally evaporated after being cooked?
Before we get into that let me share with you the difference between Liquor or Liqueur? *So you can be a guru when you're having a drinking session
- Why some Alcohol are called Liquor and some Liqueur?

So before you get yourself drunk or Teleport yourself to your bed.
Here's a breakdown for you.

Liquor
- Un-flavored distilled alcohol

- 5 types (Whisky, Rum. Vodka, Gin, Tequila)

1)Whisky

- Distilled from Grain Mash (Barley, rye, wheat, corn)
- Some Malted, some not. (Different Flavor)

2) Rum

- Distilled from Sugar Cane

3) Vodka

- Distilled from Sugar rich plant
- Potato, corn, molasses, grain

4)Gin

- Distilled from Juniper Berries

5) Tequila

- Distilled from Blue Agave

Liqueur  = Flavored Alcohol 

- Liquor steeped with Fruit, Herb, Spices and Sugar
- Baileys. Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Malibu

The easiest way to identify is
 Liquor (Unflavored) vs Liqueur (Flavored)
Absolut Vodka = Liquor
Absolut Vodka Raspberry = Liqueur

Here's a Myth
"Alcohol will totally evaporated after cooking"

It's busted and proven wrong!

"Some alcohol will evaporate but not all!"

Here's a chart of how much Alcohol Retained After Cooking

Preparation Method	Percent of Alcohol Retained
alcohol added to boiling liquid & removed from heat	85%
alcohol flamed	75%
no heat, stored overnight	70%
baked, 25 minutes, alcohol not stirred into mixture	45%
baked/simmered, alcohol stirred into mixture:
15 minutes	40%
30 minutes	35%
1 hour	25%
1.5 hours	20%
2 hours	10%
2.5 hours	5%

So even if you cook a Red Wine Beef Stew for 2.5 hours, you still have 5% of the remainder alcohol in it.
Before you serve it to your friends/family , think again!