brewed liquor; fermented alcoholic beverage
Refers to alcoholic drinks made by fermentation (e.g., sake, beer, wine), as opposed to distilled spirits (蒸留酒) or mixed liqueurs (混成酒).
Sake is a type of brewed liquor.
Beer and wine are also classified as brewed alcoholic beverages.
混成酒 refers to liqueurs or mixed alcoholic drinks, often made by adding flavorings to distilled spirits, distinct from the purely fermented 醸造酒.
sake brewed without added saccharides and with limited seed alcohol
Compound of 醸造 (brewing) + 酒 (alcohol). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward technical compound.