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Aperitivi / Amari / Liqueur / Eaux de Vie Flashcards

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Campari

24%

A

Very orange citrus-driven

Quinquina, 60 herbs and plants

(rhubarb, ginseng, bitter orange)

Novara outside of Milan

mix with soda

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Aperol

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Gentiane root

(orange, rhubarb, roots, herbs)

now made by Campari (Milan)

mix with soda

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Lillet

17%

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Quinquina with semillon base

(Merlot for the Rouge) and mix of sweet and bitter orange

produced in Podensac (Bordeaux)

mix with soda, tonic, or over ice

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Suze

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Gentiane root and herbs

Paris

mix with soda, tonic, or creme de cassis

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Bonal

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Gentiane-Quina

produced in Isere (chartreuse herbs)

mixes well with cider, champagne, or whiskey

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Saint Raphael

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Quinine, bitter orange, cocoa, quasia

Originally Lyon, produced in Provence

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Kina l’Aero d’Or

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Chinchona, ginger, orange peel

cortese wine base

Tempis Fugit (Petaluma)

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Byrhh

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Grand Quinquina

produced in Catalan territory (Thuir)

good mixer with many spirits

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Pimm’s

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Gin base

spice and citrus

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Cocchi Vermouth di Torino

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One of only 2 protected geographical indications for vermouth

still follows classical requirements

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Carpano Antica

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Vanilla and oak

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Punt e Mes

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outside Milan (Carpano)

stock brokers “point and a half” hand gesture

most bitter, strong

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Cocchi Americano

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bianco - moscato base

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Cinzano

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rosso, bianco, secco

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Contratto Americano

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Piemonte Alta Langa

Moscato base

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Noilly Prat

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Mediterranean

Marseille - white wine bases

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Dubonnet

19%

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Milder aperitif, not bitter

Fortified wine base

Paris

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Dolin Dry

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Chambery

Alpine herbs

protected designation of origin (martini)

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Alessio

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di Torino

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Atxa

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Alava

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Other Spanish vermouth

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Izaguirre (Basque)

Lustau (Andalusian)

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Fernet Branca

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(large brand) Chinchona, quinine, gentiane, linden, myrrh

produced in Milan

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Averna

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herbs, roots, citrus

produced in Sicily

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Boonekamp

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spices, roots (gentiane), bark

originated in Germany sold to Netherlands

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Unicum
herbs and spices aged in oak Hungary
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Jagermaester
herbs, spices, fruits Germany
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Cardamaro
Cardoon and blessed thistle, oak-aged (whiskey substitute) Piedmont
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Cappelletti
dry, bright, red bitter produced outside of Trento
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Sfumato
smoke and alpine berries produced by Cappelletti - Trento
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Pasubio
mountain berries, Trentino, Dolomites mixes with whiskey, rye, or brandy
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Meletti
Gentiane, anise, saffron, orange peel Le Marche
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Amaro dell’Erborista
honey, orange peel, rhubarb Le Marche
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Nonino
grappa base, licorice, rhubarb, tamarind oak aged Friuli
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Sibilla
includes pure honey from Monti Sibillini Le Marche
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Montenegro
vanilla, orange, rose, eucalyptus Bologna
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Vecchio Amaro del Capo
orange, chamomile, juniper Calabria
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Amaro Lucano
orange and herbs Basilicata
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Braulio
menthol and pine from Valtellina
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Ramazzotti
(large brand) roots, herbs, orange peel, anise produced in Milan
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Zucca
Rhubarb Milano
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Strega
saffron liqueur - Italy
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Cynar
artichoke liqueur - Italy
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Chartreuse
Brandy base 130 herbs, plants, roots distilled, mixed with sugar and honey aged in oak casks Near Grenoble based on a 1605 recipe “Elixir Vegetale” VEP - aged at least 8 years
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Benedictine DOM 40%
Deo Optimo Maximo 1510 Fecamp (Normandy - North Coast of FR) 27 herbs and spices
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La Vielle Cure
juniper, myrrh, angelica, cardamom, honey Gironde
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Verveine du Velay
brandy and verbena Auvergne
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Anisette
Pernod, Ricard Pastis 51 Sambuca (Italy - Romana, Molinari) Mastic (Greece, Turkey, Cyrus) Arak (Sri Lanka, Indonesia) DO NOT confuse w/ Arrack Raki (Turkey) Tsipouro (Greece - Crete) Ouzo (Greece, Cyprus) Chinchon (Spain)
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Akavit
caraway seeds, dill, or fennel usually based on potato or grain spirit Aalborg (Denmark) Linie (Norway)
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Kummel
caraway seeds (Denmark)
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Drambuie
heather, honey
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Glayva
honey, tangerine, spice
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Glen Mist
heather, honey, herbs
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Irish Mist
honey, herbs
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Krupnik
honey - Poland
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Hydromel
honey - Greece
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Galliano
vanilla, anise, mint outside Milan
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Tuaca
brandy base, vanilla - italy
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Licor 43
vanilla, herbs Cartagena - Murcia
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Goldwasser
anise, angelica, gentiane, juniper Gdansk
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Tequila Rose
tequila, strawberries, cream
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Izarra
Armagnac base - Pyrenees herbs
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Genepi
wormwood, grass and herbs - Alps
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Aiguebelle
Provencale herbs - Montelimar Trappiste monks
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Elixir d’Anvers/Spa
Belgium
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Centerbe
99 different herbs - Abruzzo
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Gran Marnier
cognac base curacao
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Cointreau
curacao oranges - triple sec (higher proof)
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Orange Curacao
Lahara bitter orange peels
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Triple Sec
higher proof curaçao
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Mandarine
cognac base - tangerine
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Van der Hum
tangerine - South Africa
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Luxardo Maraschino
maraschino cherries
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Cherry Heering
Denmark
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Amour en Cage
Quebec - Cherries
75
Chambord
black raspberry
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Sloe Gin
blackthorn bush sloe berries
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Creme de Cassis (Marie Brizard)
black currant
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Maracuja
passionfruit (Madeira/Azores)
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Passoa
passionfruit (made in FR)
80
Pisang Ambon
banana - Netherlands
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Midori
melon - Japan
82
Advocaat
sweetened egg (Netherlands)
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Amarula
marula fruit (South Africa) and cream
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Frangelico
hazelnuts (Italy) - Piemonte
85
Creme de Noyau
fruit stones, almond flavor
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Godiva
Brussels
87
Mozart
Austria - chocolat and flavors
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Amaretto
apricot stones sometimes almond outside Milan Disaronno, Luxardo
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Bailey’s
cream chocolate
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Tia Maria
coffee - rum base (Jamaica)
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Kahlua
coffee - rum base (Mexico)
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Bolivar
Canadian coffee
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Sabra
Israel - chocolate and cactus
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Malibu
coconut rum base (Barbados) made in Scotland
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Grappa
usually gently pressed red grapes from Piedmont, Veneto, Lombardia, Trentino, Friuli Jacopo Poli Nonino Nardini Romano Levi (Neive) Sassicaia
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Marc
Champagne, Burgundy, Alsace Chateau d’Arlay Marc d’Irouleguy - Etienne Brana Marc du Chateau Rayas
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Bagaceira Orujo
Portuguese - made from Vinho Verde grapes Aveleda Impoerio Spanish - "aguardiente de Orujo" northern Spain
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Calvados
11 AOCs Pays d’Auge is best Dupont Busnel Coquerel Le Morton (Domfrontais) Michel Huard - double distilled and aged in oak
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Applejack
New England double distilled and aged in oak Laird’s (New Jersey)
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Kirschwasser
Black cherries Germany & Alsace Bols De Kuyper Etter Meyer Clear Creek (OR)
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Poire William
Bartlett pears originally France Marie Brizard (FR) Schladerer (DE) Clear Creek (USA)
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Framboise
raspberry - France
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Himbeergeist
raspberry - Germany - Schladerer
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Schnapps
“gulp” - neutral grain spirit infused with fruit - steeped
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Kecskmet
apricots - Hungary - Zwack
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Quetsch/Mirabelle
Plum
107
Slivovitz
Plum Maraska, Zwack, Clear Creek
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Okolehao
Hawaiian Ti Plant
109
Fine Seve
Maple - Quebec
110
Boukha
Fig - Tunisia - Soleil, Bokobsa
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What amaro uses 17% of the world’s saffron supply?
Fernet-Branca

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