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Liqueurs
- A
Flavor for Every Taste
You
see the products at your local spirits shop.
You see them listed in cocktail recipes.
But you don't have any idea what they are. Now you know !!
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Absinthe
- is the forefather of Pernod. It is a green
licorice-tasting liquor. It is banned in some countries
because wormwood, one of the ingredients, is a neurotoxin.
It originated in France.
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Alize
- (Al i zay') - Passion fruit and cognac. France
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Amaretto
- Almond and apricot. Italy
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Amarula.
Cream based liqueur made from the fruit of the marula tree -
peachy. South Africa
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Anisette
- Anise seed - licorice flavored. France
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Baileys
- Cream liqueur made with Irish whiskey and flavored with
chocolate and vanilla. Ireland
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Advocaat
- somewhat like brandy eggnog
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Benedictine
/ B & B. Cognac based liquor made with more than 70
ingredients, herbs, citrus peel and honey. First made in
1510 in France
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Campari
- a bitter fortified red wine. France
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Chambord
- Black raspberry. France
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Chartreuse
- Brandy based orange liqueur. France
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Creme
De Cassis
- Black currants. France
Creme De Menthe - Mint. France
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Curacao
- Bitter curacao oranges and spices. Dutch West
Indies
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Drambuie.
Scotch-based liqueur made with honey, heather, clover, herbs and
spices. Scotland
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Framboise
- Raspberries. France
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Frangelico
- Hazelnuts, vanilla and cocoa. Italy
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Galliano
- Brandy based anise flavored liqueur. Italy
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Grand
Marinier
- Cognac or champagne and curacao oranges. France
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Goldwasser
- herbs and spices flecked with real gold leaf bits.
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Hypnotiq
- Cognac based sweet peach/orange/melon fruit flavored
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Irish
Mist
- Irish whiskey, heather honey, herbs and spice.
Iceland
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Jagermeister
- 56 fruits, herbs and spices. Germany
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Kahlua
- Coffee flavored liqueur with hints of chocolate and
vanilla. Mexico
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Limoncello
- Lemons. Italy
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Midori
- Melon flavored. Japan
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Ouzo
- Licorice flavored. Greece
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Pastis
- very similar to ouzo. France
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Pernod
- brandy based, flavored with anise seed and Fennel.
France
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Pimm's
Cup
- fruit flavored bitters with different spirit bases.
England
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Sabra
- Jaffa oranges and a hint of chocolate. Israel
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Sambuca
- made with the fruit of white flowered elderberry bushes.
Licorice flavor. Italy
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Schnapps
- natural grain or potato based spirit, flavored with anything
from peppermint to root beer. Originated in Scandinavia
and Germany
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Southern
Comfort
- peaches, oranges and herbs in a bourbon base.
United States
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Tia
Maria
- Rum based coffee liqueur with spices. Jamaica
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Triple
Sec
- sweet white liqueur distilled from curacao orange
peel. France
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