Cordials

Question 1

Fernet-Branca

Answer 1

Italy

An amaro liqueur consumed neat as a digestif

The exact forumla is a trade secret

Branca Menta is a sweeter mint version

Question 2

Green Chartreuse

Answer 2

France

A liqueur made from a distilled alcohol aged with 130 herb, plants, and flowers.

Yellow Chartreuse is a milder (80 proof) sweeter version of the Green (110 proof)

Question 3

Campari

Answer 3

Italy

A bitter apéritif that is an infusion of herbs and fruit.

Question 4

Drambuie

Answer 4

Scotland

A sweet liqueur made from scotch, honey, herbs, and spices.

Question 5

Cynar

Answer 5

Italy

A bitter liqueur made from 13 herbs and plants the most predominant being artichoke

Question 6

Jägermeister

Answer 6

Germany

A digestif made with 56 herbs and spices.

Rebranded by Sydney Frank as a party drink for youth.

Question 7

Pimm’s No. 1 Cup

Answer 7

England

A gin based liqueur, made from blending herbs and other liqueurs, most commonly used in a traditional English fruit cup.

Question 8

Frangelico

Answer 8

Italy

A hazelnut and herb flavoured liqueur.

Bottle designed to look like a friar in his habit.

Question 9

Nocello

Answer 9

Italy

A walnut flavoured liqueur.

Question 10

Disaronno Originale

Answer 10

Italy

Amaretto flavored liqueur made from 17 selected herbs and fruits.

Question 11

Licor 43

Answer 11

Spain

A liqueur made from 43 different ingredients including vanilla, fruit juices and other aromatic herbs and spices.

Question 12

Bénédictine

Answer 12

France

An herbal liqueur beverage most commonly mixed with brandy to make a B & B.

Question 13

Galliano

Answer 13

Italy

A liqueur with numerous ingredients most predominant flavors include vanilla and anise.

Question 14

Sambuca

Answer 14

Italy

A syrupy anise flavoured liqueur.

Question 15

Ricard

Answer 15

France

An anise and licorice flavored apertif.

Question 16

Pernod

Answer 16

France

Anise flavored liqueur

Owns:

Absolut

Stolichnaya

Glenlivet

Jameson

Tia Maria

Seagrams

Perrier-Jouët

Mumm

Question 17

Tia Maria

Answer 17

Jamaica

A coffee and vanilla flavored rum based liqueur

Question 18

Kahlúa

Answer 18

Mexico

A coffee-based sugar liqueur containg rum, sugar and vanilla bean.

Question 19

Lillet

Answer 19

France

Classified as an aromitized wine. Used as an apertif. Made from 85% Bordeaux varietals (either Semmillon or Merlot) and 15% macerated liqueurs (mostly citrus liqueurs).

Stirred in oak vats until blended and then treated like a Bordeaux wine (fined, racked, filtered, etc.)