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Which global coffeehouse chain uses a green crowned siren as its logo?

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Which German chemist first isolated caffeine from coffee beans in 1819?

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What spirit is the main alcoholic ingredient in a margarita?

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In what year did Friedlieb Runge isolate pure caffeine for the first time?

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In what U.S. city was Coca-Cola first formulated and sold in 1886?

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Which gin highball is named after a 19th-century Limmer's Hotel waiter in London?

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What aromatic ingredient gives gin its distinctive piney flavor?

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What classic cocktail blends bourbon or rye, lemon juice, and simple syrup with optional egg white?

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What grain is traditional beer most commonly brewed from?

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What chilled tea drink is the Southern United States particularly famous for?

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What sweetened citrus drink shares its name with a Country Time brand staple?

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What roasted, full-bodied dark beer style includes Guinness as its most famous example?

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Who invented Dr Pepper at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas?

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Which 17th-century Benedictine monk is mythologized as having 'invented' Champagne while serving as cellarmaster at Hautvillers?

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Which amber French orange liqueur is built on a base of cognac rather than neutral spirit?

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What thick, dark Irish dry stout is famous for its creamy white head?

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Which barrel-blending aging system is used for traditional sherry production?

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Which physician led the University of Florida team that developed Gatorade?

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In which U.S. state was the modern cosmopolitan cocktail popularized in the 1980s?

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Which Czech-born style of pale, hoppy lager dominates the world's beer market today?

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What sparkling French wine is named after the region it comes from?

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Which energy drink uses the slogan 'Gives You Wings'?

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What coffee drink is made by diluting espresso with hot water?

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Which German digestif features a stag with a glowing cross between its antlers on the label?

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Which pharmacist invented the original Coca-Cola syrup?

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What Mexican lager is famously served with a wedge of lime in the bottle?

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Which steeply terraced river valley is the historic home of port wine production?

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Which Belgian lager brand traces its history to a 1366 Leuven brewery?

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In which Italian city did Count Camillo invent the Negroni in 1919?

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Which Chinese black tea is famously dried over pinewood fires, giving it an intensely smoky flavor?

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Which Brazilian national cocktail combines cachaรงa, lime, and sugar?

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What pink vodka cocktail became famous on 'Sex and the City'?

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Who is credited with popularizing the Mai Tai cocktail at his Oakland tiki bar in 1944?

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Which legendary Belgian quadruple, often called the 'best beer in the world,' is sold at the abbey itself by appointment only?

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What classic brunch cocktail combines orange juice and sparkling wine?

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Which orange-hued Italian aperitivo is lower in alcohol than Campari and starred in the spritz boom?

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What rum and cola cocktail is named after a Latin American nation?

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In which country was the daiquiri cocktail invented during the late 1890s?

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Which Danish brewery's slogan was 'Probably the best beer in the world'?

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What pale juice is most commonly pressed from Fuji or Gala fruit?

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Which classic Cuban cocktail of dry vermouth, sugar, and rum was a favorite of Jackie Gleason?

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What fermented, slightly fizzy tea drink is marketed as a probiotic beverage?

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Which African country is widely credited as the birthplace of coffee?

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In which country did cachaรงa originate?

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What fruit is most wine fermented from?

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What sweet Taiwanese tea drink is famous for its chewy tapioca pearls?

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What South American caffeinated herbal infusion is sipped through a metal straw called a bombilla?

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Which orange-tinted Italian cocktail combines its namesake aperitivo with prosecco and soda?

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Tequila must be produced primarily in which Mexican state to legally bear the name?

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Which simple cocktail of rum, lime, and sugar is the ancestor of the mojito?

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Which European capital is the birthplace of the Wiener Melange coffee?

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What clear Korean spirit, often distilled from rice or sweet potatoes, is the world's best-selling liquor by volume?

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Which sour-tasting acid forms when wine is exposed to oxygen and turns into vinegar?

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Which Chico, California brewery was founded in 1980 and helped define American Pale Ale with its flagship beer?

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Which Speyside single malt distillery is famous for its sherry-cask-aged whisky and was founded in 1824?

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What sugarcane-based spirit is the base for the caipirinha?

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Which fermented and aged Chinese tea from Yunnan province is often pressed into cakes?

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Which tropical cocktail's name supposedly translates to 'out of this world' in Tahitian?

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What dairy ingredient is poured over espresso to make a latte?

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What lemon-lime soft drink, born in 1929, was originally marketed as a hangover cure?

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Which classic French cocktail uses cognac, lemon juice, and orange liqueur?

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Which Portuguese fortified wine takes its name from the city where it is shipped?

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Which two-letter abbreviation describes the percentage of ethanol in a beverage by volume?

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Which Japanese beer brand bears the name of the city of its founding brewery on Hokkaido?

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What lemon-lime soda from Coca-Cola is famous for the slogan 'Obey Your Thirst'?

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What French term describes the secondary in-bottle fermentation method legally required for Champagne?

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Which tall, slender bottle holds the vanilla-anise Italian liqueur often layered into a Harvey Wallbanger?

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What blended drink is typically made from yogurt, fruit, and ice?

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In which year was the first pilsner-style beer brewed in Bohemia, kicking off the global pale lager boom?

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Which cocktail of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and Champagne is named after a World War I artillery piece?

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Which iconic British tea brand is known for its 'Pyramid' bags and 'Put the Kettle On' adverts?

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In the United States, alcohol 'proof' equals what multiple of the alcohol-by-volume percentage?

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What chocolate-flavored coffee drink combines espresso, steamed milk, and cocoa?

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Which type of unglazed Chinese clay is traditionally used for teapots prized by Gongfu tea drinkers?

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Which absinthe-rinsed rye whiskey cocktail is the official drink of New Orleans?

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What Japanese alcoholic beverage is fermented from polished rice?

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In which country was Stella Artois first brewed?

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What designation marks beer brewed within the walls of a Cistercian monastery under specific monastic rules?

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What clear distilled spirit is most associated with Russia and Poland?

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Which dried flower of a climbing plant gives beer its bitterness and aroma?

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Which sweet, salty Turkish yogurt-based drink is a popular accompaniment to kebabs?

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What tropical cocktail blends rum, coconut cream, and pineapple?

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What Dutch lager is sold in distinctive green bottles and red star branding?

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Which Italian aperitif cocktail combines gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari in equal parts?

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What is the scientific name of the plant whose leaves are used to make all true tea?

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Which Belgian beer style is fermented with wild yeasts in open coolships, primarily near Brussels?

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What tall, narrow glass is traditionally used to serve sparkling wine?

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Which 1773 protest involved colonists dumping British East India Company tea into a harbor?

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What hot beverage is made by melting cocoa or chocolate into warm milk?

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Which species of yeast is used in most beer, wine, and bread fermentation worldwide?

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What classic whiskey cocktail is made with a sugar cube, bitters, and an orange peel?

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In what year did pharmacist Caleb Bradham first concoct what became Pepsi-Cola?

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Which traditional Belgian beer is a blend of young and old lambics that undergo a second fermentation in bottle?

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Which famous Champagne house is named after a young widow who took over the firm in 1805 and revolutionized riddling?

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Which famous gin-based cocktail was invented at the Raffles Hotel by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon?

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Which prestige Champagne house is famous for its multi-vintage Grande Cuvรฉe blend founded in 1843?

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Which Spanish town in Andalusia is the historic center of sherry production?

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Which Thai energy drink served as the inspiration and licensing partner for Red Bull?

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Which microorganism converts sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide during brewing?

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Which cognac brand is the world's best-selling and is owned by LVMH?

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Which iced cocktail stacks five base spirits with cola and sour mix?

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Carlsberg is headquartered in which Scandinavian country?

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In which Irish city was Guinness first brewed at St. James's Gate Brewery in 1759?

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Sapporo Brewery is based in which country?

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Which fortified Spanish wine is produced in the 'Sherry Triangle' near the Atlantic coast?

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What corn-based American whiskey is most associated with the state of Kentucky?

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What soda became famous through the 1980s 'Cola Wars' with a blue, white, and red logo?

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Which Islay single malt is renowned for its intense peat smoke and was founded in 1816?

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Which family of antioxidant flavonoids is most abundant in green tea?

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What process separates alcohol from a fermented mash to create spirits?

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What rich, holiday drink combines milk, cream, sugar, eggs, and often rum or brandy?

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Which tea brand was founded in Glasgow in 1890 and pioneered selling pre-packaged tea by weight?

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What full-bodied red wine grape is the most widely planted variety on Earth?

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Which sweet Scottish liqueur blends Scotch whisky with honey, herbs, and spices?

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Which French herbal liqueur, made in Fรฉcamp since 1863, is bottled with the letters 'D.O.M.' on the label?

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What sports drink was invented in 1965 for the University of Florida football team?

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Which group of astringent plant compounds gives red wine its dry, puckering mouthfeel?

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Which Japanese drinks giant owns Yamazaki, Jim Beam, and Maker's Mark?

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What concentrated coffee shot is the base for most cafรฉ drinks?

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Which Arabian Peninsula nation is home to the historic coffee port of Mocha?

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What citrus juice is the main mixer in a screwdriver cocktail?

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Besides vodka, what red juice is the main ingredient of a Bloody Mary?

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What citrus-flavored soda has the slogan 'Do the Dew'?

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Which Louisiana city is the birthplace of the Sazerac and the Ramos Gin Fizz?

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Which historic San Francisco brewery is famous for the only true 'California Common' beer style?

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Tequila is distilled from the heart of which specific plant species?

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Which bright red Italian bitter aperitif is the central flavor of a Negroni and an Americano?

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Which French herbal liqueur is naturally vivid green and made by Carthusian monks since 1737?

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Caffeine belongs to which broad chemical class of nitrogen-containing compounds?

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Which fortified, aromatized wine is the secret behind a properly made dry martini?

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Which Austrian businessman launched Red Bull in Europe in 1987?

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Which Czech beer brand, first brewed in 1842, is the original pale lager that defined the pilsner style?

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Which honey-based fermented drink is considered one of the oldest alcoholic beverages?

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How many distinct flavors does Dr Pepper famously claim to contain?

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Which crop is the original raw material for traditional rum production?

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What is the world's most consumed beverage after plain water?

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In what year did Starbucks open its first store at Seattle's Pike Place Market?

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What thick, sweet drink is blended from ice cream and milk?

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Which clear French triple sec is produced in Saint-Barthรฉlemy-d'Anjou and is a key ingredient in the margarita?

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What cocktail combines whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters and shares its name with a New York borough?

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What Cuban cocktail combines white rum, lime juice, sugar, mint, and soda water?

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Which intensely bitter Italian amaro from Milan is a notoriously polarizing digestif beloved by bartenders?

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Which Czech city, formerly known as Pilsen in German, is the birthplace of pilsner beer?

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What powdered green tea is whisked into bowls during Japanese tea ceremonies?

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What lightly fermented apple drink is associated with autumn harvest festivals?

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Which famous American author wrote that he drank his daiquiris with double rum and no sugar?

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Which thick byproduct of refining sugar is the base for most modern rum?

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Which Japanese single malt distillery, founded in 1923, is considered the country's first?

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Which thick Mexican drink is made from rice, water, cinnamon, and sugar?

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What bottled iced tea brand became famous for its 'Made From the Best Stuff on Earth' slogan?

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