醸造酒(じょうぞうしゅ)

じょうぞうしゅ
noun
brewed alcoholic beverage; fermented liquor
food
1. brewed alcoholic beverage; fermented liquor
Alcohol made by fermentation alone, without distillation, such as sake, beer, and wine. Contrasts with 蒸留酒(じょうりゅうしゅ), distilled spirits such as shochu and whisky.
ビールは醸造酒(じょうぞうしゅ)だ。
Beer is a brewed beverage.
日本酒(にほんしゅ)もワインも醸造酒(じょうぞうしゅ)に入(はい)る。
Both sake and wine are fermented beverages.
醸造酒(じょうぞうしゅ)は蒸留酒(じょうりゅうしゅ)に比(くら)べてアルコール度数(どすう)が低(ひく)いものが多(おお)い。
Brewed beverages are usually lower in alcohol than distilled spirits.

From 醸造(じょうぞう) (brewing) + 酒(しゅ) (alcoholic drink).

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Related: 蒸留酒(じょうりゅうしゅ) (distilled spirits)
Related: 日本酒(にほんしゅ) (sake, the best-known Japanese brewed…)
Related: 焼酎(しょうちゅう) (shochu, a distilled spirit)
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