Liqueurs, Amari, etc Flashcards

cordials, bitters, vermouth

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Aperitivo bitters

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  • Campani (Milan, 24%)
  • Aperol (Milan, 11%)
  • Cappelletti (Trentino Alto Adige, 17%)
  • Meletti (25%, Marche)
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Averna

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Sicily, 29% ABV
* lemon, orange, pomegranate, cola, vanilla, licorice

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Amaro Braulio

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Valtellina, Lombardy
Gentian, juniper, wormwood, yarrow, menthol, pine

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Cardamaro Vino Amaro

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Canelli, Piedmont, IT
* blessed thistle, cardoon
* Moscato base

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Cynar

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Milan (Campari)
* 13 ingredients - artichoke is just one

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Amaro dell’Erborista

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Marche, IT
* bitter orange peel, cinchona bark, cinnamon, clove, gentian, honey, rhubarb

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Amaro Lucano

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Basilicata
* aloe ferox, angelica root, bitter orange, blessed thistle, elderberry, gentian, yarrow

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Meletti

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Marche
* anise, clove, gentian, orange peel, saffron, violet flower

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Montenegro

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Bologna, Emilia-Romagna IT
*orange peel, vanilla, rose, eucalyptus

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Amaro Nonino Qunitessentia

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Friuili
* bitter orange peel, cinchona bark, gentian, liciorice, saffron, tamarind
* grappa base

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Ramazzotti

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Milan
* est 1815; one of the older ones
* bitter orange, cardamom, clove myrrh, star anise, sweet orange

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Amaro Sibilla

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Marche
* bitter orange, cinchona bark, cinnamon, clove, gentian flower, honey, sweet orange peel

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Amaro del Capo

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Calabria, IT
* bitter orange, chamomile, juniper, licorice, sweet orange, tangerine

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Zucca Rabarbaro

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Milan

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Jagermeister

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Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, DE
* bitter orange peel, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, licorice root, anise

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Underberg

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Rheinberg, DE
* 20ml single serve bottle sold in 3pks is tradition - combat counterfeits, sold like that since 1949

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Suze

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Thuir, Pyrenees-Orientales FR
* oldest gentian-based liqueur from the Massif Central region
* Yellow; 15%

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Becherovka

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Bohemia, Czech Republic
* bitter herbal

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Zwack Unicum Liqueur

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Budapest, Hungary
* national shot of Hungary

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Amaro di Angostura

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Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

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Quinquina liqueurs

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Bonal (France)
Lillet Blanc (France)
Byrhh Grand Quinaquina (France)
Dubonnet (France)

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Americano Vermouth

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Americante = “bittered”
* must contain gentian root
* Cocchi Americano Bianco, Cocchi Americano Rosa

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How is vermouth made

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Wine+ sugar or mistelle + botanical distillate blend… then add alcohol

Vermouth ranges from about 16–22% ABV with most between 18–20% ABV.

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Advocaat

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sweetened egg. liqueur from Netherlands

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Ratafia (liqueur)

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fresh fruits, citrus zest, and various botanicals such as rosemary, cinnamon, mint, anise, and cloves, while similar versions may use apricot kernels or bitter almonds

this is a broad term for a liqueur made in Spain, Italy

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3 honey flavored liqueurs

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Krupnik (Poland)
Drambuie (whiskey based)
Irish Mist (whiskey based)
Glen Mist (whiskey based)

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3 Alpine liqueurs

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Braulio Amaro
Cappelletti Alta Verde
Pasubio Amaro
Chartreuse
Dolin Genepy le Chamois
Zirbenz (pine liqueur)

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brands of Fernet

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Cinzano
Luxardo
Ramazzotti
Branca
Martini
Facia Brutto
Tempus Fugit ‘Angelico’

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Amer Picon

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Marseille
orange, gentian, cinchona

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Midori

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Melon
Japan

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Tia Maria

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Rum based coffee liqueur
Jamaica

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Kahlua

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Rum based coffee liqueur
Veracruz, Mexico

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Drambuie

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whiskey based honey flavored liqueur
Scotland

Glen Mist similar

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Southern Comfort

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peach, orange, spices, whiskey based

originally from New Orleans, now made by Sazerac in TN
* whiskey added back in 2016 when Sazerac purchased it (Brown-Forman made it with nsg)

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Anise flavored liqueurs

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Pernod (FR)
Ricard (FR)
Pastis 51 (FR)
Ouzo (GR)
Sambuca (IT)
Galliano (IT)

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Strega

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Italian liqueur, flavored with saffron, herbs, spices

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Malort

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American brand of bäsk liquor (Swedish liquor flavored with wormwood, anise)

Jeppson’s is the brand

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Spanish Chartreuse

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In Tarragona, from 1903-1989

due to the French government deciding to nationalize the distillery, and sell the trademark to a group of distillers, the Compagnie Fermere de la Grande Chartreuse” - they went bankrupt in 1929

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1st sweet vermouth

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Carpano, 1786
Turin

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1st dry vermouth

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sometime around 1800 to 1813, Joseph Noilly

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Dolin

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Chambery, France. Est 1815
* recognized for creating the blanc style
* traditional dry, a blanc and a sweet, and a chamberyzette (strawberry)

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1 top selling vermouth brand

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Martini & Rossi

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Marseille vermouth

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Noilly Prat

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Vermut de Reus

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Catalunya - made just outside of Tarragona

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Campari

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Very orange/citrus-driven
* Quinquina, 60 herbs and plants
(rhubarb, ginseng, bitter orange)
* Novara, outside of Milan

24%

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Aperol

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Gentiane root
* (orange, rhubarb, roots, herbs)
* now made by Campari (Milan)

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Lillet

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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

17%

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Bonal

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Gentiane-Quina
* Chambery
* Gentian, quinine and herbs of the Grande Chartreuse mountains

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Byrhh

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Grand Quinquina
* produced in French Catalan territory (Thuir)

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Pimm’s

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Gin base
spice and citrus

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Vermouth di Torino IGP rules

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Made in Piedmont
* Artemisia (wormwood) must be an ingredient. All herbs except wormwood must be grown/gathered in Piedmont

SUGAR:
* Extra Dry: max 30 gl RS
* Dry: max 50 gl RS
* Sweet: min 130 gl RS
* min 50% of base wine must be from Piedmont
16 - 22%, 17% for Superiore

Cocchi, Carpano Antica Formula, Cinzano 1757

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Contratto Americano

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Piemonte Alta Langa
Moscato base

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Spanish vermouth

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Izaguirre (Basque)
Atxa (Alava)
Lustau (Andalusian)

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Fernet Branca

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Chinchona, quinine, gentiane, linden, myrrh

Milan

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Petrus Boonekamp

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l’amarissimo = great bitter one
* gentian, Thai ginger, licorice, fennel, and star anise
* 45% ABV

Netherlands (origin), now made in Italy

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Jagermaester

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  • cola cubes, liquorice, dark chocolate, prunes, damsons, sloes, lemon zest, cinnamon, ginger, aniseed, dried mint leaves

Germany

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Sfumato

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smoke, alpine berries, root of Chinese rhubarb
produced by Cappelletti - Trento

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Zucca

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Rhubarb
Milano

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Chartreuse

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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

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Deo Optimo Maximo
40%
1510 Fecamp (Normandy - North Coast of FR)

27 herbs and spices

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La Vielle Cure

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juniper, myrrh, angelica, cardamom, honey

Gironde

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Anisette liqueurs

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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

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caraway seeds, dill, or fennel

usually based on potato or grain spirit

Aalborg (Denmark)
Linie (Norway)

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Krupnik

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honey - Poland

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Goldwasser

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anise, angelica, gentiane, juniper

Gdansk

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Gran Marnier

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cognac base, curacao oranges

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Orange Curacao - type of citrus

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Lahara bitter orange peels

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Van der Hum

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tangerine - South Africa

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Cherry Heering country of origin

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Denmark

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Chambord

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black raspberry

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Sloe Gin main flavor

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blackthorn bush sloe berries

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Creme de Cassis

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black currant
(Marie Brizard)

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Pisang Ambon

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banana - Netherlands

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Midori

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melon - Japan

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Advocaat

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sweetened egg (Netherlands)

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Amarula

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marula fruit (South Africa) and cream

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Frangelico

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hazelnuts (Italy) - Piemonte

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Chocolate liqueurs

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Mozart (Austria - chocolat and flavors)
Godiva (Brussels)

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Amaretto

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apricot stones
sometimes almond
outside Milan

Disaronno, Luxardo

80
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Bailey’s

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cream chocolate

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Tia Maria

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coffee - rum base (Jamaica)

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Kahlua

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coffee - rum base (Mexico)

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Malibu

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coconut
rum base (Barbados)
made in Scotland

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Grappa producers

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usually gently pressed red grapes from Piedmont, Veneto, Lombardia, Trentino, Friuli

Jacopo Poli
Nonino
Nardini
Romano Levi (Neive)
Sassicaia

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Marc - where is it made

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Champagne, Burgundy, Alsace

Chateau d’Arlay
Marc d’Irouleguy - Etienne Brana
Marc du Chateau Rayas

86
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Bagaceira

Orujo

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Portuguese - made from Vinho Verde grapes

Aveleda
Impoerio

Spanish - “aguardiente de Orujo” northern Spain

87
Q

Applejack

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New England
double distilled and aged in oak

Laird’s (New Jersey)

88
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Poire William

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Bartlett pears
originally France

Marie Brizard (FR)
Schladerer (DE)
Clear Creek (USA)

89
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Schnapps

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“gulp” - neutral grain spirit infused with fruit - steeped

90
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Kecskmet

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apricots - Hungary - Zwack

91
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Quetsch/Mirabelle

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Plum

92
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Boukha

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Fig - Tunisia - Soleil, Bokobsa