Spirits And Liqueurs Flashcards

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Amaro
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• Italian for “bitter”
• A bittersweet herbal liquor
• A digestive

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Amaretto
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• Italian for ”a little bitter”
• A sweet almond-flavored liquor
• Originated in Lombardy
• Disaronno

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Aperol
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• Orange-flavored Amaro
• Lower alcohol and less bitterness than Campari

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Baileys
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• From Dublin, Ireland
• Whiskey- based chocolate cream liquor emulsifies together with vegetable oil
• Taste: sweet and milky with notes of vanilla and chocolate

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Chambord
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• From Loire Valley
• Raspberry-flavored brandy-based liquor
• Made with Cognac

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Drambuie
4 Ingredients

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Scotch Whiskey
Heather Honey: from heather flowers of heather plant. Slightly bitter / Notes of salt
Spices
Herbs

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Fernet Branco
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• A bitter Italian Amaro, originally from Milan
• Made from a distilled grape spirit and
27 herbals and spices
• Tastes like a “bitter root-beer

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Bombay Sapphire
3 Facts
Tanqueray
3 Facts
Beefeater
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Bombay Sapphire: Light aromatics and delicate. “Intro gin” that turned a whole generation of vodka drinkers into gin drinkers in the 90s
Tanqueray: More fragrance/body than Bombay Sapphire. Pine, menthol, corriander, citrus, juniper. Earthy
Beefeater: Biggest nose: pine, juniper, lemon
Palate: warm spice and pine

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