Beverages produced by, or which have undergone, a process of alcoholic fermentation , to which they owe their intoxicating properties, including beer, wine, hard cider, and the like, but not spirituous or distilled liquors. State v. Lenip, 10 Mo. 391; State v. Riddle, 54 N. H. 3S3; People v. Foster, 64 Mich. 715, 31N. W. 590; State v. Gill, 89 Minn. 502, 95 N. W. 449; State v. Adams, 51 N. II. 508.