Dryness, a property of alcoholic beverages, is the lack of sweet taste. This may be due to a lack of sugars, the presence of some outstanding taste that masks sweetness, or an underabundance of simple carbohydrates that can be converted to sugar by enzymes in the mouth (amylase in particular). The term "dry" may be applied to types of beer, wine, distilled spirits, or any other form of alcoholic beverage.