Tasting notes for liquors Flashcards
Aalborg Akvavit
Smooth, clean, racy, assertive caraway flavors, lush and slightly sweet.
Amaretto Disaronno
Medium amber color, smooth, creamy, dense with almond, marzipan flavors, long and lush
Frangelico
light amber color, sweet, creamy with lovely hazelnut and vanilla flavors; balanced and long
Heering Cherry Liqueuer
Ruby color, sweet and lush with jammy dense cherry fruit.
Caravella Limoncello Originale
Cloudy yellow, thick and sweet with true lemon flavor and lemon rind bitterness with spice and zesty spirits.
Cointreau Orange Liqueur
Smooth and sweet with fragrant orange; orange peel and spice flavors, long and showing some heat.
Grand Marnier Liqueur
Burnished orange and cognac flavors with beautiful balance.
Absente
Light green color, intense, mostly dry and intense licorice flavors; bright and spicy, peppery and long.
Benedictine
Amber hued with striking herb flavors wound with citrus.
Chartreuse Green
Light green color; intense bitter herbs, moderately sweet and complex with mint, green herbs and spice.
Chartreuse Yellow
Intense acid yellow hue, milder and sweeter than its green sibling, with similar mountain herbs and a lingering finish.
Licor 43, Spain
Lush, sweet and complex with herbal and vanilla tones.
Tuaca liqueur, Italy
Dark amber color, smooth and creamy with sweet honey-vanilla flavors and some fruit and herbal notes; long and rich.
Amarula Fruit Cream Liqueur, South Africa
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.
Campari Aperitivo, Italy
Bright red color, smooth and bitter with sweet lush herbs and spice.