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The Nigerian alcoholic beverage industry is a very wide one. However many do not know how much of a large market it is. Let’s start by explaining alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverage Any fermented liquor, such as wine, beer, or distilled spirit, that contains ethyl alcohol, or ethanol (CH3CH2OH), as an intoxicating agent is an alcoholic beverage. A brief treatment of alcoholic beverages follows. For full treatment, see alcohol consumption. Alcoholic beverages are fermented from the sugars in fruits, berries, grains. Other ingredients such as

The Nigerian alcoholic beverage industry is a very wide one and its making is quite unique. The making of distilled spirits in Nigeria begins with the mashes of grains, fruits, or other ingredients. The resultant fermented liquid is heated until the alcohol and flavourings vaporize and can be drawn off, cooled, and condensed back into a liquid. Water remains behind and is discarded. The concentrated liquid, called a distilled beverage, includes such liquors as whiskey, gin, vodka, rum, brandy, and liqueurs, or cordials.