Potent Potables Flashcards
Drink invented at raffels hotel in singapore
Singapore Sling
Drink invented by Oil Workers who stirred it with this tool
Screwdriver
Spanish Fortified Wine, brown and sweet
Sherry
Fortified wine from Oporto Portugal
Port
Greek Licorice-Flavored Liquor
Ouzo
Greek Win with Pine Resin
Etsina
Licorice-Flavored Liquor made from Wormwood
Absinthe
French Fine Brandy
Cognac
Kirsch Brandy is made from this fruit
Cherries
Mirabelle Brandy is made from this fruit
Plums
Framboise Brandy is made from this fruit
Raspberries
Brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice
Sidecar
Dom Perignon’s sparkling Wine
Champagne
Champagne and Orange Juice
Mimosa
Alcohol made with juniper or Blackthorn Berries
Gin
Gin, Lemon, and Powdered sugar
Tom Collins
White Wine Flavored with HErbs
Vermouth (German word for Wormwood)
martini ingredient
Gin and Dry Vermouth
Martini
Martini with an onion
Gibson
Almond-flavored Liquor
Amaretto
Drink made from fermented Honey
Mead
Blue Liquor
Curacao
Mescal
a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant (a form of agave, Agave americana) native to Mexico.
Margarita
Tequila, Triple Sec, and Lime Juice
Tequila, Grenadine, and Orange Jice
Tequila Sunrise
Mexican coffee-flavored Liquor
Kahlua
Jamaican Coffee-Flavored Liquor
Tia Maria
Peach Flavored Bourbon
Southern Comfort
Bourbon Grain
Corn (at least 51%)
Liquor from Sugar Cane
Rum
Rum, Coconut and Pineapple
Pina Colada
Rum Diluted
Grog
Russian Liquor made from wheat or potatos
Vodka
Vodka, Triple Sec, and lime
Kamikaze
Vodka, Galliano and orange juice
Harvey Wallbanger
Fine Finnish Vodka
Absolut
Vodka and Kahlua
Black Russian
Vodka and Cranberry Juice
Cape Codder
Liquor Distilled froM Grain
Whiskey
Whisky (Bourbon), Mint and Sugar
Mint Julep (From Persian for “rose-water”)
Whisky, Bitters, and Sugar
Old Fashioned
Whiskey, Vermouth and Bitters
Manhattan
Manhattan with Scotch
Rob Roy
Drink Served Before a Meal
Aperitif (From latin for To open)
Drink Served After a Meal
Digestif
Guinness Port
Stout
Where Guinness is Brewed
Ireland
Drambuie is made here
Scotland
Bacardi is made on this island
Puerto Rico
VO Whiskey Maker
Seagram’s (Canada)
Where Tuborg is brewed
Denmark
Where Lowenbrau is brewed
Germany
Where Corona is brewed
Mexico
Where Fostered is brewed
Australia
Where Singha is brewed
Thailand
La Cerveza Mas Fina
Corona
The Silver Bullet
Coors (Golden, Colorado)
Japanese Rice Wine
Sake
Drink of the Kentucky Derby
Mint Julep
Edgar Allen Poe’s Sherry
Amontillado
Brandy Glass
Snifter
Champagne Glass
Flute
These Remove the Acid from a drink
Bitters
LIttle Water in Russian
Vodka
VSOP
Very Special Old Pale
C2H5OH
The formula for Alcohol
Hindu word for 5 – describing number of ingredients
Punch
19th century Philadelphia distiller’s name became slang for liquor
Booze
Slivovitz is a brandy from this fruit
Plum
Bacardi
America’s single best-selling brand of Rum
Main ingredient in both irish and scotch Whiskey
Barley
Italian for Sparklin
Spumante
French term for wine waiter
Sommelier
American Whiskey
Bourbon, made from Corn (not Barley like Scotch or Irish Whiskey)
Associated with Kentucky
.9 ml or 1/32 ounce
Dash
29.5 ml or 1 ounce
Pony or a Shot
3.7 ml or 1/8 ounce
splash
384ml or 13 ounces
Mickey
44.5ml or 1 1/2 ounces
Jigger
4 ounces
Wine Glass
8 ounces
cup
Half Pint
8 ounces (a cup)
Pint US
16 OUnces
Pint UK
19.3 Ounces
25.6 ounces
Fifth (about 1/5 gallon)
32 ounces
quart (4 cups or 2 pints)
64 ounces
Half Gallon (2 quarts or 8 cups or 4 pints)
128 ounces
Gallon (4 quarts, 16 cups, 8 pints)
2 bottles
Magnum, 52 ounces, 1.478 ml
“Quart” in wine
1 bottle, 25 ounces, .739 ml
1.4 bottle
Split, 6 ounces
1/2 Bottle
pint, 12 ounces
Gin Fizz
gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water
Martinez
Grandfather of Martini
Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Marashino or curacao and bitters
Maraschino
is a liqueur from the city of Zadar in Croatia, obtained from the distillation of Marasca cherries
Vermouth
is an aromatized wine, a type of fortified wine flavored with various botanicals (roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, spices).
Comes in Sweet or Dry. Sweet is sweetened with sugar
Negroni
vermouth rosso (red, semi-sweet), and one part Campari, garnished with orange peel
Aparitif
Campari
alcoholic liqueur, considered an apéritif obtained from the infusion of herbs and fruit (including chinotto and cascarilla) in alcohol and water. It is a bitter characterised by its dark red colour
gill
4 Fluid Ounces (1/2 cup)
peck
2 gallons
bushel
4 pecks (8 gallons)
1 acre
4,840 square yardss
1 square mile
640 acres
Wine comes in straw-covered flask
Chianti (named for district in Tuscany)
US VI export
Rum
Japanese Beer
Kirin
Whiskey Sour
whiskey (often Bourbon), lemon juice, sugar, and optionally, a dash of egg white
Daiquiri
rum, citrus (typically lime juice), and sugar or other sweetener
Dark Beer from Einbeck Germany
Bock Beer
Gimlet
gin and lime juice. (Sometimes also dash of soda)
Fortified wine named for Portuguese island
Madeira
White Wine – Alsatian and Johannisberg Varieties
Riesling
Liquor made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice
Rum
Blackstrap
Molasses and Rum
Inglenook
wooden seat built into a wall near an open fireplace
Also Cali Winery
Brandy from hard Cider
Applejack
Gives Beer Bitter Taste
Hops
a spirit produced by distilling wine
Brandy (Brandywine)
erived from Dutch brandewijn, “gebrande wijn” “burned wine”
Brandy named for towns in southwestern france
Cognac and Armagnac
Anisette
an anise-flavored liqueur that is consumed in most Mediterranean countries, mainly in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and France
Distilled Anise seeds
Pastis
an anise-flavored spirit and apéritif from France
Sour Mash
Type of Bourbon
made by adding part of the old mash to new batches
Retsina
Greek white (or rosé) resinated wine, which has been made for at least 2000 years
Polish form of vodka with a bit of buffalo grass steeped in it
Zubrowka
County in KY
Bourbon
Bloody mary
vodka, tomato juice, and combinations of other spices and flavorings including Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, piri piri sauce, beef consommé or bouillon, horseradish, celery, olives, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, and celery salt.
Seven and Seven
Seagram’s Seven Crown Whiskey and 7 Up
Seagrams is from Canada
Brandy Alexander
Brandy, Cream and Chocolate Liquer
Fuzzy Navel
peach schnapps and orange juice
Cocktails with Jamaica contain
Rum
Tom Collins
gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water.
Taller than an Old Fashioned glass, and shorter and wider than a Collins glass.
Highball Glass
family of mixed drinks that are composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer
Highball
gin and tonic, Seven and Seven, and Cuba Libre.
Kirschwasser
German for “cherry water”) or kirsch is a clear, colorless fruit brandy traditionally made from double distillation of morello cherries, a dark-colored cultivar of the sour cherry.
Sherry
a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain
(Cadiz region)
Napa Valley
California Wines
Sambuca
an Italian anise-flavoured, usually colourless, liqueur
Goes with Coffee
Anise-flavored liquor from Turkey - aperitif
Raki
Moscow Mule
vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice, garnished with a slice or wedge of lime
Buck, and also mule,
a family of historic mixed drinks that involve ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and any of a number of base liquors
Dark and Stormy
Ginger Beer, Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
Tequila
a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara,
Sangria
Typical beverage from Spain and Portugal. It normally consists of wine, chopped fruit, a sweetener, and a small amount of added brandy.
Eggnog
milk and/or cream, sugar, and whipped eggs (which gives it a frothy texture). Spirits such as brandy, *rum or bourbon are often added
Seabreeze
vodka with cranberry juice and grapefruit juice
Cold Duck
a sparkling wine made in the United States
n 1975 this company introduced the first nationally successful “lite” beer
Miller
Dubonnet
wine-based French aperitif usually served on the rocks is flavored with, mmm, quinine
Mai Tai
rum, Curaçao liqueur, and lime juice, associated with Polynesian-style settings
Grasshopper
equal parts green Crème de menthe, white Crème de cacao and cream
Beefeater
Gin
Perry
Pear-based hard cider
Sack
Sherry
Okolehao
80-proof liquor made from the mash of the ti plant in Hawaii
Whisky blended or single-malt
Scotch (It’s like distilled beer)
Single-Malt
In addition to being distilled and matured in Scotland for a minimum of three years in oak barrels (a requirement for all Scotch whisky), single malt scotch is produced at one distillery (“single”), using only malted barley as the grain (“malt”), and distilled in copper pot stills.
Single Malt: Glenlivit
Blended: Johnnie Walker, Dewar’s, Chivas, and Cutty Sark,
Fluid Dram
1/8 ounce (generally for scotch)
Chartreuse
is a French liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks since 1737 (Green or Yellow)
peppermint stick
Creme de cacao, light cream, and peppermint schnapps
Famous Wine Label
Mouton-Rothschild
Famous artists design the label
Artists such as Salvador Dalí, Francis Bacon, Picasso and Miró
Claret
a name primarily used in British English for red Bordeaux wine
Frangelico
a brand of noisette (hazelnut) and herb-flavored liqueur (coloured with caramel coloring) which is produced in Canale, Italy.
Looks like I friar. 300-yr-old-recipe
Rock and Rye
Rye Whisky and Rock Candy
Gin
a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries
2 main styles of this liquor are Dutch & London dry
Midori
a sweet, bright-green-coloured, muskmelon-flavored liqueur made by Suntory.
Schnapps
a “strong alcoholic drink resembling gin and often flavored with fruit”.[1] The English word “schnapps” is derived from the German for mouthful
Greyhound
6 fluid ounces (200 ml) of grapefruit juice and 1.5 fluid ounces (50 ml) of vodka or gin, mixed and served over ice
This “avian” voka brand is “created in the…Cognac region of western France under the…eye of the maitre de chai”
Grey Goose
his rum maker’s website urges you to “Drink responsibly–captain’s orders!”
Captain Morgan
Calvados
Apple Brandy
This brand has been made at the Lynchburg, Tennessee distillery since 1866
Jack Daniels (Whiskey)
Varieties of this brand of scotch include Red, Black, Gold & Blue Label
Johnny Walker
Difference between scotch, whisky and Bourbon
For a whiskey to call itself bourbon, its mash, the mixture of grains from which the product is distilled, must contain at least 51% corn
Scotch is whisky made in Scotland, while bourbon is whiskey made in the U.S.A, generally Kentucky. Scotch is made mostly from malted barley, while bourbon is distilled from corn.
Bourbon = Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, and Maker’s Mark, fit in a category known as “straight whiskeys
Difference Between Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey
The difference between Tennessee Whiskey, like Jack Daniel’s, for example, and Bourbon is that after the spirit is distilled, Tennessee Whiskey is filtered through sugar-maple charcoal. This filtering, known as the Lincoln County Process, is what distinguishes Tennessee Whiskey from your average Bourbon, like Jim Beam. T
he name, Bourbon, comes from an area known as Old Bourbon, around what is now Bourbon County, Kentuckys
Scotch Vs. Irish Whiskey
Irish whiskey is distilled three times (producing a lighter flavor), while scotch is only distilled twice. contain “single pot still” whiskey – malted and unmalted Barley
Irish Whisky: Jameson, Bushmills
Rye
American rye whiskey, which must be distilled from at least 51 percent rye;
Canadian whisky, which is often referred to as (and often labelled as) rye whisky for historical reasons, although it may or may not actually include any rye in its production process.
Old Overholt
Salty Dog
gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, served in a highball glass with a salted rim
Brantini
equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
Triple Sec
a variety of Curaçao liqueur, an orange-flavoured liqueur made from the dried peels of bitter and sweet orange.
Curacao
liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the laraha citrus fruit, grown on the island of Curaçao.
aturally colorless, but is often given artificial coloring, most commonly blue or orange
Sidecare
cognac, orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Grand Gala or another triple sec), and lemon juice
Cosmopolitan
vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice
Long Island Iced Tea
among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. It is so named because of the resemblance of the color and taste to iced tea (Camellia sinensis).
A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum, and triple sec with 1½ parts sour mix and a splash of cola,
White Russian
a sweet cocktail classically made with vodka, coffee liqueur (e.g., Kahlúa or Tia Maria), and cream served with ice
Grand Marnier
an orange-flavored cognac liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle.
Methusaleh
8 Bottles
Nebuchadnezzer
20 Bottles
Balthazar
16 Bottles name commonly attributed to one of the Biblical Magi
Jeroboam
4 Bottles
he first king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel after the revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy.
rivulets that slide down the inside of the glass;
Legs (Mean wine is full-bodied)
Brave Bull
Kahlua and Tequila
Swedish Vodka Brand
Absolut
Chelada
Beer and Clamato
Michelada
beer, lime juice, and assorted sauces, spices, and peppers
Brooklyn
esembles a Manhattan (to which it is often unfavorably compared), but with the addition of Maraschino liqueur and bitters
French 75
gin, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar.
Irish Coffee
hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar
Applejack
historically made by concentrating cider, either by the traditional method of freeze distillation or by true evaporative distillation. The term “applejack” derives from “jacking”, a term for freeze distillation.
The modern product Laird’s Applejack is not produced by jacking. That product is a blend of apple brandy and neutral spirits
Jack Rose
applejack, lime juice, and grenadine
Grenadine
Sweet with blackcurrent flavor
The Mott’s brand “Rose’s” is by far the most common brand of grenadine sold in the United States
Martini & Rossi
Italian multinational alcoholic beverage company primarily associated with the Martini brand of vermouth and also with sparkling wine (for example, Asti)
Hurricane
rum and fruit juice, syrup, or grenadine.
