Tasting notes for liquors

Question 1

Aalborg Akvavit

Answer 1

Smooth, clean, racy, assertive caraway flavors, lush and slightly sweet.

Question 2

Amaretto Disaronno

Answer 2

Medium amber color, smooth, creamy, dense with almond, marzipan flavors, long and lush

Question 3

Frangelico

Answer 3

light amber color, sweet, creamy with lovely hazelnut and vanilla flavors; balanced and long

Question 4

Heering Cherry Liqueuer

Answer 4

Ruby color, sweet and lush with jammy dense cherry fruit.

Question 5

Caravella Limoncello Originale

Answer 5

Cloudy yellow, thick and sweet with true lemon flavor and lemon rind bitterness with spice and zesty spirits.

Question 6

Cointreau Orange Liqueur

Answer 6

Smooth and sweet with fragrant orange; orange peel and spice flavors, long and showing some heat.

Question 7

Grand Marnier Liqueur

Answer 7

Burnished orange and cognac flavors with beautiful balance.

Question 8

Absente

Answer 8

Light green color, intense, mostly dry and intense licorice flavors; bright and spicy, peppery and long.

Question 9

Benedictine

Answer 9

Amber hued with striking herb flavors wound with citrus.

Question 10

Chartreuse Green

Answer 10

Light green color; intense bitter herbs, moderately sweet and complex with mint, green herbs and spice.

Question 11

Chartreuse Yellow

Answer 11

Intense acid yellow hue, milder and sweeter than its green sibling, with similar mountain herbs and a lingering finish.

Question 12

Licor 43, Spain

Answer 12

Lush, sweet and complex with herbal and vanilla tones.

Question 13

Tuaca liqueur, Italy

Answer 13

Dark amber color, smooth and creamy with sweet honey-vanilla flavors and some fruit and herbal notes; long and rich.

Question 14

Amarula Fruit Cream Liqueur, South Africa

Answer 14

Made from the fruit of the African marula tree; smooth and creamy with lovely, rich flavors of vanilla, milk chocolate, and exotic spice; long, lush, and with a nice hit of racy alcohol on the finish.

Question 15

Campari Aperitivo, Italy

Answer 15

Bright red color, smooth and bitter with sweet lush herbs and spice.

Question 16

Cynar, Italy

Answer 16

Dark amber brown color, smooth and sweet with a charming bitterness from artichoke; rich long, and nicely balanced.

Question 17

Galliano

Answer 17

lush and moderately syrupy, with a smooth herbal vanilla flavor that finished with a pleasant twinge of bitterness.