Obscure Spirits, Liquors Flashcards
(48 cards)
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What is Piloncillo ?
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- Raw form of pure cane sugar that is commonly used in Mexican cooking and is sometimes referred to as Mexican brown sugar.
- Authorized in Charand DO, mexico, for a sugarcane based-spirit
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Where can we find Raicilla DO ?
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- Jalisco, Mexico
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What is Sotol, where is it from ?
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- Mexico
- Not from Agave, but another succulent = Dasylirion wheeleri
- Sotol may include up to 49% of sugars from other sources.
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What is ‘Schrik’ ?
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- Kirsch, diluted with water and a maceration of fir buds.
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Country of origin of : Averna ?
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- Italy
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Country of origin of : Cynar ?
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- Italy
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Country of origin of : Amer Picon ?
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- France
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Country of origin of : Boonekamp ?
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- Germany
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Country of origin of : Unicum (Zwack) ?
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- Hungary
- Herbal Liqueur
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Country of origin of : Van der Hum ?
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- South Africa
- Tangerine Liqueur
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Country of origin of : Pisang Ambon ?
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- Netherlands
- Banana Liqueur
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Country of origin of : Midori ?
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- Japan
- Melon
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Country of origin of : Advocaat ?
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- Netherlands
- sweetened egg
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Country of origin of : Licor 43 ?
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- Spain
- Vanilla, herbs, spice
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Country of origin of : Drambuie ?
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- Scotland
- Honey, herbs
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Country of origin of : Kümmel ?
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- Denmark
- Caraway
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Country of origin of : Strega ?
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- Italy
- Saffron, herbs, spices
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Country of origin of : Krupnik ?
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- Poland
- Honey
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What berry is used in the production of Patxaran ?
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- Sloeberrie
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From where is Becherovka ?
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- Czech Republic
- Herbal bitter, often drunk as a digestif
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From where is Gammel Dansk ?
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- Denmark
- Herbal bitter
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From where is Zucca ?
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- Italy
- Rhubard aperitif
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What is Arrack. where is it from ?
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- Distilled alcoholic drink typically produced in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
- Made from the fermented sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane, and also with grain (e.g. red rice) or fruit depending upon the country of origin
- It is not to be confused with the anise-flavored distilled spirit called arak or araq.
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What is Araqi. where is it from ?
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- A date-liquor distilled in Sudan
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What is Passoã ?
- France
- Passionfruit liqueur
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What is Umeshu ?
- Japan
- Liqueur of Ume plum in liquor and sugar
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What is RumChata ?
- A cream liqueur manufactured in Wisconsin, USA
- Includes rum, dairy cream, cinnamon, vanilla, sugar, and other flavorings.
- Its name is a portmanteau of rum and horchata (flavored milk) ; the liqueur was designed to taste like a mixture of the two
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From where is Herbsaint ?
- New Orleans, USA
- Anise Flavored-Liqueur
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From where is Goldschläger ?
- Switzerland
- Swiss cinammon schnappps with gold leaf floating
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What is Kümmel ?
- Sweet, colourless liqueur flavoured with caraway, cumin and fennel
- Russia
- Germany
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What is Ratafia ?
- 2 type :
- Ialian Fruit-nuts-herb-liqueur
- Ratafia de Champagne = mistelle of marc and unfermened grape juice
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From where is Killepitsch ?
- Germany
- Herbal Liqueur
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What is Ancho Reyes, where is it from ?
- Mexico
- made of Ancho Chiles (dried form of ripe poblano peppers)
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What is Okolehao, where is it from ?
- A Hawaiian traditional alcoholic spirit whose main ingredient was the root of the ti plant
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What is Basi, where is it from ?
- From Philippines
- Alcoholic beverage from sugarcane juice
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What is Singani, where is it from ?
- A Bolivian eau-de-vie or brandy distilled from white Muscat of Alexandria grapes
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What is Metaxa ?
- Greece
- Spririt created by Spyros Metaxa in 1888.
- Made from Muscat wines from Samos and wine distillates, which are aged separately and then combined in Limousin oak casks. Mediterranean botanicals are added as part of the finishing process.
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What is Clarin?
- a sugarcane spirit (like Rhum) from Haiti
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- What is Baiju ?
- China
- Colorless liquor
- From fermented sorghum, although other grains may be used
- Often has a significantly higher alcohol content than Soju (Korea) or Shochu (Japan)
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What is Soju ?
- Korea
- Clear and colorless distilled alcoholic beverage
- Traditionally made from rice, wheat, or barley,
- Now other starch
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- What is Shochu ?
- Japan
- Rice, barley, sweet potatoes ...
- Around 25 % ABV
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What is Awamori ?
- indigenous and unique to Okinawa, Japan
- made from long grain indica rice
- Distillated, so like Shochu, but higher ABV %
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What is 'Pàlinka', and where is it from ?
- Pálinka is a traditional fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) with origins in Carpathian Mountains (Hungary & Transylvania) more exactly known under several names, and invented in the Middle Ages.
- Protected as a geographical indication of the European Union, only fruit spirits mashed, distilled, matured and bottled in Hungary and similar apricot spirits from four provinces of Austria can be called "pálinka"
- "Tótpálinka" refers to wheat-derived beverages.
- Törkölypálinka (different in legal sense) is a similarly protected pomace spirit that is commonly included with pálinka.
- Pálinka may be made of any locally grown fruit, the most common ones are plums, apricots, apples, pears, and cherries.
- A similar product exists in the Czech Republic and Slovakia where it is known as pálenka, and in Romania (Transylvania), Italy, and Greece under the name 'palincă'.
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What is 'Zivania', from where is it from ?
- Cypriot pomace brandy
- Produced from the distillation of a mixture of grape pomace (Xynisteri and Mavro)
- Zivania is colourless and alcoholic with a light aroma of raisins.
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What is 'Slivovitz', and where is it from ?
- Plum eau-de-vie
- Slivovitz is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums
- Often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy)
- Slivovitz is produced in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, both commercially and privately.
- Primary producers include Serbia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Ukraine.
- In the Balkans, slivovitz is considered a kind of rakia. In Central Europe it is considered a kind of pálinka (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine—pálenka, or Greece, Romania and Italy-pălincă), and similar to Romanian țuică, corresponding to the distilled spirits category.
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- Raki is from which country ?
- Turkey
- Albani + Kosovo + Balkan + Armenia + Middle East
- Grape eau-de-vie perfumed with anise
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- Ouzo is an anisette from which country ?
- Greece
- Neutral alcohol and anise, then distillated and diluted with water.
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What is 'Tuica', and where is it from ?
- Traditional Romanian spirit
- Prepared only from plums
