In Italy, Sambuca is distilled from anise and botanicals then heavily sweetened. Greece produces a drier spirit called Ouzo made from pressed grapes, berries, and herbs including aniseed, licorice, mint, wintergreen, fennel, and hazelnut. Absinthe is also anise-flavored but is liquor, not liqueur, because it is not sweetened. Bitters are descendants of medieval medical potions and are marketed as having some minor therapeutic value as stomach settlers or hangover cures.
They are made by flavoring alcohol with herbs, roots, and a variety of botanicals. Bitters contain less fruit and sugar than liqueurs and taste, as the name implies, bitter. A Whiskey Journal. A chilled glass of Sambuca makes a good accompaniment to genuine Italian Torta, one of those heavenly sticky cakes of dried fruits, almonds and lemon zests. It is based on good dark Jamaican rum of at least five year old standard and flavored with the beans of the highly prized coffee variety, blue mountain.
In addition to the coffee, the palate is further deepened with the addition of local spices too. How to serve — On the rocks is a pleasant way to serve Tia Maria as a digestif. Otherwise it is one of the few liqueurs to make a truly appetizing mix with cola. Tia Maria is brilliant for lacing chocolate desserts and of course for making a good liqueur coffee — particularly when the coffee used is Jamaican Blue Mountain.
Southern Comfort The foremost American liqueur is southern comfort, a fruitier counterpart to the scotch-based liqueurs. Its origins probably lies in the mixing of bourbon with peach juice as a traditional cocktails in the Northern states. Today, the company that owns the brand is the same one that has the leading Tennessee whiskey brand, Jack Daniels.
The Southern Comfort distillery is located in St. Louis, in the state of Missouri. Southern comfort is supposed to be meditatively sipped, like other fine American whiskeys, but you could try taming its fire and emphasizing its fruitiness with a mixture of peach nectar.
It makes a good substitute for bourbon poured over the traditional thanksgiving or Christmas. Liqueur Brandies There are essentially 3 fruit brandies — cherry, apricot and peach — and although they are occasionally known by other names, it is as cherry brandy etc that drinkers know them best. Of the three, the apricot variant has traveled the most. There are true apricot distillates in eastern Europe.
Cherry brandy is on of the few liqueurs that may just have been invented by the English. Peach brandy is the one least frequently seen, its most famous manifestation probably being te one marketed by Bols. How to serve — Te best of these brandies make wonderful digestifs served in small quantities, provided in small quantities Cream Liqueurs Cream liqueurs are an ever expanding category in the contemporary market. It came in a bifurcated bottle with two tops, one half filled with coffee flavored Irish Whiskey, te other with thick white cream.
Mandarine Napoleon Another type of Curacao, but made of tangerine peels, the origins of which really do derive from the drinking preferences of the emperor Napoleon I.
Mandarine Napoleon was launched in by a Belgian distiller, Louis Schmidt. Origin in Sicily in Italy. Tastes good with — add it to tangarine flavored mousses or use it as a fuel to flame sweet pancakes. Parfait Amour flavorings — Lemons or other citrus fruits, cloves, cinnamon, coriander seeds, violets. Parfait Amour — perfect love. Main composition of Parfait Amour. How to serve — It is best to serve it unmixed, or else blended with something colorless such as lemonade, in order not to interfere with the enjoyment of color.
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Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. Visibility Others can see my Clipboard. Cancel Save. Exclusive 60 day trial to the world's largest digital library. There are many different liqueurs on the market in most places, and they can be divided into types in two main ways. Some people classify them primarily by manufacturer, and in these cases liqueurs are typically categorized as either proprietary or generic, depending on their branding and the specifics of their manufacturing.
Some of the most common tastes are coffee, nuts, chocolate , fruit, and berries. Liqueurs in all categories are usually made through a similar process, though the quality of ingredients used and intensity of the distillation process can lead to a great variety in taste and overall smoothness.
Regardless of specifics, all tend to be enjoyed in about the same way, too. Most of the choice between types is a matter of personal preference. A liqueur, sometimes also called a cordial, is a sweet, flavored alcohol that is distilled to achieve its unique flavor. Generally, liqueur is divided into two categories: generics and proprietaries. Common aperitifs include Campari and vermouth. The many different types and brands of liqueurs are divided into two distinct classes: generic products and proprietary brands.
Examples include cherry brandy, anisette, and schnapps. Proprietary brands are generally produced by only manufacturer, often using a centuries-old secret recipe. They range from moderately-priced to expensive, but their unique flavors and smoothness earn them devoted fans. Some of the more popular proprietary labels are Grand Marnier, Benedictine, and Frangelico.
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