Liqueurs Flashcards
What is Amarula?
South African liqueur made from sugar, cream, and marula fruit
What is Aurum?
Sweet Italian liqueur specialty of Pescara in Abruzzo made from sweet orange distillate infused with herbs and spices.
What is Bajtra?
Maltese liqueur made from prickly pear, honey, and pear.
What is Cherry Heering?
Danish cherry-flavored liqueur
What are two classic cocktails that use Cherry Heering?
Singapore Sling
Blood and Sand
What are the 8 ingredients in a Singapore Sling?
Gin Cherry Heering Benedictine Cointreau Grenadine Lime Juice Pineapple Juice Agnostura Bitters
What is Triple Sec?
Both the name of a class of orange-flavored liqueurs and an inexpensive orange liqueur that is commonly used in place of Cointreau (which is itself technically a triple sec)
What are two liqueurs produced in the Loire Valley?
Cointreau
Chambord
What is Cointreau?
Cognac-based orange flavored liqueur from Anjou in the Loire Valley
What is Chambord?
Cognac-based black raspberries, Madagascar vanilla, Moroccan citrus peel, and honey from the Loire Valley.
What is Advocaat?
Dutch liqueur made from eggs, sugar, and brandy.
Bols, Darna Ovo, and DeKupyer are all producers of what?
Advocaat
What is the sole producer of Amarula?
The Southern Liqueur Company of South Africa
What is a crème liqueur and what are three examples?
Crème liqueurs are liqueurs that have a great deal of additional sugar added to the point that it has a near-syrup consistency. Crème liqueurs have no cream in them the name crème refers to the consistency.
Crème de Cacao (chocolate)
Crème de Menthe (mint)
Crème de Cassis (black currant)
What is the flavor of Crème de Noyaux and what is the actual ingredients use to achieve this flavor?
Almond-flavor; this is derived from apricot kernels or cherry pits or kernels of peaches
What are the ingredients in a Pink Squirrel?
equal parts crème de Noyaux (where the color comes from), crème de cacao, and heavy cream
What are two examples of violet crème liqueurs?
Crème de violette
Crème Yvette
What is parfait d’armour?
Liqueur with a curaçao base flavored with rose petals, vanilla, and almonds
What are three examples of flower liqueurs?
Rosolio (rose-flavored liqueur)
St-Germain (elderflower-flavored liqueur)
Crème Yvette (violet, vanilla-flavored)
What is Tequila Rose?
Strawberry cream liqueur
What is Vana Tallin and where is this produced?
Jamaican Rum-based liqueur flavored with herbs, spices, oranges, and lemons.
Made in Estonia (Baltic States)
Where is Voodo Cream liqueur produced and what is the liquor base?
India; whisky-based
Where is Vermeer Chocolate Cream Liqueur produced?
Netherlands
What is Sangster’s and where is this produced?
Rum and cream-based liqueur produced in Jamaica
What is rompope?
Eggnog-like liqueur made in Central America and Mexico with eggs, milk, and vanilla flavoring.
What is ponche crema?
Rum-based cream liqueur from Venezuela
What are 3 examples of Irish Cream liqueurs?
Bailey’s
Coole Swan
Kerrygold
What is the country of origin for Heather Cream? Base?
Scottland; whisky
What is Dooley’s?
German vodka-based toffee cream liqueur
What is Crema Fina?
Hazelnut cream-based liqueur produced in California
What is Carolan’s?
Irish whisky cream-based liqueur
What are two Mexican coffee liqueurs? What is the base for each?
Kahlúa and Kamora; rum-based for both
What is a coffee liqueur from Costa Rica?
Café Rica
What is Tía Maria?
Jamaican rum-based coffee liqueur
Colt 43 is another name for what? Where is it from?
Licor 43 from Cartagena, Spain and produced from 43 ingredients in a secret recipe but dominated by vanilla with citrus and warm cinnamon.
What is Slivovitz?
Fruit brandy made from damson plums produced in Central and Eastern Europe
What are rakias and palinkas?
Fruit brandies in the Balkans and Central Europe respectively.
What is Ginjinha?
Portuguese liqueur made from macerating sour morello cherries in aguardiente.
What is GranGala?
Canadian Brandy-based orange liqueur
What is Guignolet?
French wild cherry liqueur
What is Hesperidina?
Orange-based liqueur/aperitif from Argentina
What is Hypnotiq?
Tropical fruit-flavored cognac and vodka-based liqueur.
What is the country of origin of Jabuticaba?
Brazil