The Beverage is any portable drinking water except plain drinking water. The word "beverage" has been derived from the Latin word "Bever", which means rest or repose from the work. Beverage refer as drinks such as wine, spirits, beer, liqueurs, aerated drinks, juices, tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc. In hospitality terminology, there are two types of drinks such as alcoholic & non-alcoholic, which is just consumed by human being, either to quench the thirst or refreshment nourishment or relaxation as per the need of the human.
In industries such as restaurant, hotels, bars, pubs,canteen, cafeterias, either commercial or non commercial beverage is an essential liquid product. During breakfast nourishing drinks like milk fruit juice & malted juice such as horlicks, tea, coffee, etc like this beverages goes very well these beverage refers to an non alcoholic beverages. At the dinner time, alcoholic drinks like beers, wines, spirits & liqueurs are usually consumed as relaxation, refreshment, and stimulate the body.
It is true that life cannot br sustained without water. Science says that liters of water is required per a day to stay well. We would not be wrong to say that beverage are the part of what we must consume to sustain life. In short, we must drink.
CLASSIFICATION OF BEVERAGES
Beverage has been classified into two categories
• Alcoholic Beverage
• Non Alcoholic Beverage
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (C2H5OH)
Alcoholic beverage is portable liquid which contain 2% to 75% of liquor. They are produced by the introduction of yeast for fermentation into substance such as fruits, cereal (grain), molasses and plant extract.
Technically, it is known as ethyl alcohol that forms as the product of a chemical reaction in which yeast converts the glucose present in the cereals or molasses into alcohol & carbon dioxide(CO2), though there are other reaction taking place at the same time and that also influence the