Top Ten Popular Liquors in the World

10. Jack Daniels

Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey and the top selling American whiskey in the world. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee, by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown-Forman Corporation since 1956. Despite being the location of a major operational distillery, Jack Daniel's home county of Moore is a dry county, so the product is not available for consumption at stores or restaurants within the county.The product meets the regulatory criteria for classification as a straightbourbon, though the company disavows this classification and markets it simply as Tennessee whiskey rather than as Tennessee bourbon.As defined in the North American Free Trade Agreement, Tennessee Whiskey is classified as a straight bourbon authorized to be produced in the state of Tennessee.Packaged in distinctive square bottles, a total of 11 million cases of the flagship "Black Label" product were sold in the company'sfiscal year ended April 30, 2013.

9. J and B

Justerini & Brooks (J&B) is a liquor and wine business selling to merchants, restaurants, hotels and private clients. It is known for developing the J&B blended Scotch whisky. The company is owned by multinational Diageo plc.Today J&B is the second best selling blended whisky in the world, after Johnnie Walker

8. Smirnoff

Smirnoff is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distilleryfounded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898). It is now distributed in 130 countries. It is produced in several countries including India, Ireland, Honduras, Albania, Mongolia, Latvia, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. Smirnoff products include vodka, flavoured vodka, and malt beverages. In March 2006, Diageo North America claimed that Smirnoff vodka was the best-selling distilled spirit brand in the world.Made using a traditional charcoal filtration method developed by P.A SMIRNOFF. Recipe NO.21 was created by P.A.'s son Vladimir after escaping Russia and the Bolshevik revolution.

7. Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky owned by Diageo that originated in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the most widely distributed brand of blended Scotch whisky in the world, sold in almost every country, with annual sales of over 130 million bottles.

6. Russian Standard

Russian Standard (Russian: Русский Стандарт, Russkij Standart) Vodka is a major Russian premium vodka brand. The brand was founded by Valery Artyuh in early 1998 and gained popularity in 2002, due to Valery's new invention: absolut 80% vodka, which he developed together with Dmitry Yarilchenko, the founder of Yota. According to the manufacturer, in 2001 the brand was active worldwide in 70+ markets with sales over 2 million cases/yr. Marketing emphasizes the 100% Russian mantra – being produced by a Russian recipe, from only Russian raw materials, distilled and bottled in Russia.

5. Chivas Regal

Chivas Regal /ˈʃɪvəs ˈriːɡəl/ is a Blended Scotch Whisky produced by Chivas Brothers, which is part of Pernod Ricard. Chivas Regal traces its roots back to 1801. Chivas Regal's home is Strathisla distillery at Keith, Moray in Speyside, Scotland, the oldest operating Highland distillery which was founded in 1786.It is the market-leading scotch whisky 12 years and above in Europe and Asia Pacific. Chivas Regal sales grew by 61% between 2002 and 2008

4. Absolut

Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is owned by French group Pernod Ricard; they bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 from the Swedish state.Absolut is the third largest brand of alcoholic spirits in the world after Bacardi and Smirnoff, and is sold in 126 countries.

3. Bacardi

Bacardi Limited = is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world. Originally known for its eponymous Bacardi white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels.Founded in 1862, and family-owned for seven generations, Bacardi employs 6,000 people, manufactures at 27 facilities in 16 markets on four continents, with sales in more than 150 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. The company sells in excess of 200 million bottles per year. The company's sales in 2007 were US$5.5 billion, up from $4.9 billion in 2006.

2. Remy Martin

Rémy Martin is a French firm that primarily produces and sells cognac (a brandy from the Cognacregion of France). The brand specialises in Cognac Fine Champagne, which was originally produced by French winemaker Rémy Martin.

1. Hennessy

Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a cognac house with headquarters in Cognac, France. Jas Hennessy & Co. sells about 50 million bottles a year worldwide, or more than 40 percent of the world’s cognac, making it the world's largest cognac producer. It is owned by Moët Hennessy, which is in turn owned by LVMH (66%) and Diageo (34%).