How many of the world's seven major distilled spirits do you know? What is distilled spirits? It is a variety of alcoholic beverages with a higher ethanol concentration than the original fermentation product. The production process is basically brewing first, then distilling, and finally cooling to obtain a high-alcohol solution drink. There are seven main types of distilled spirits in the world depending on the place of origin, raw material, process and scope of distribution of the product, and Chinese baijiu is one of them.