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Sambuca
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Licorice flavored liqueur, 80 to 100, clear in color, comes from Italy. Traditionally, Sambuca is served neat with three coffee beans. Then it is flamed to roast the beans. The coffee beans help to cleanse the palate of the licorice flavor. Opal Nera is a recently released Black Sambuca.
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American Blended Whiskey
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Very similar to Canadian whiskey, the American Blends are also very smooth and light. American Blended Whiskey is also a combination of corn, rye and barely; but favors corn.
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Cointreau
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80 proof, clear in color, orange flavored liqueur. Comes from France and has a neutral spirits base.
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Curacao
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Ranges from 0 to 60 proof, can be blue, red, green, orange or white (clear) orange flavored liqueur. Has a neutral spirits base.
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Grand Marnier
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Triple Sec
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Another name for White Curacao. A generic copy of Cointreau. An orange flavored liqueur.
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Galliano
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Licorice flavored liqueur, comes from Italy, 80. Has a neutral spirits base, with a slight hint of vanilla, bright yellow in color.
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Ouzo
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Licorice flavored liqueur, ranges from 80 to 130. Clear in color, but turns milky white and cloudy when water is added. It is the national liqueur of Greece.
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V.S. Cognac
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Very Special or Very Superior. Aged for at least two years. Most V.S. Cognacs are between four and eight years old.
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V.S.O.P. Cognac
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Very Special Old Pale. Aged for at least four years, although most average between eight and twelve years of age.
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X.O. Cognac
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Extra Old. Sometimes labeled Napoleon Brandy. A minimum of six years old. This is the oldest style on the market. Most are aged for twelve or more years and are very expensive.
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Calvados
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An apple Brandy from Normandy France.
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Applejack
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An American apple Brandy.
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Marc
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A French “pomace Brandy”. Pomace is the leftover grape pulp and skins from wine production. In Italy, pomace Brandy is called Grappa.
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Kirschwasser
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A German cherry Brandy.
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Pear William or Poire Williames
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A Brandy made from pears. It is produced in France, Holland, and the United States.
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Silvovitz
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A Yugoslavian plum Brandy.
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Mescal
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Liquor distilled in Mexico from the Agave cactus. There are over 400 varieties of this cactus grown in Mexico, and any of them can be used to make Mescal. The worm in the bottle is there simply as a traditional novelty. Mescal is 80, and is usually aged for two years.
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Tequila
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A type of Mescal made only in the Tequila (Jalisco) region of Mexico. By law, Tequila must contain a minimum of 51% of the juice of the Blue Agave cactus. The Blue Agave makes the smoothest of the “cactus whiskeys.” Tequila does not, and legally cannot contain an Agave worm.
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Silver Tequila
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This Tequila is not aged. It is clear, or white. Most “Well” Tequila is silver Tequila. It can be quite harsh.
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Gold Tequila
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Tequila aged for at least two years in oak barrels. The wood gives the liquor a golden color, and a much smoother flavor. Most Tequila sold in the US is of this type.
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Crèma de Alemndrado Tequila
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This is Tequila that has been aged for at least two years in barrels full of raw almonds. This imparts a stong almond flavor to the liquor. Crema de Alemndrado Tequila is not available in the US.
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Call Brands of Blended Scotch
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Ballantine’s
Black & White Chivas Regal Cutty Sark Dewar’s White Lable The Famous Grouse Haig Pinch J&B Johnnie Walker Red Johnnie Walker Black Johnnie Walker Blue Teachers |
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Call Brands of Canadian Whiskey
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Black Velvet
*Bush Pilot’s Private Reserve Canadian Club Canadian Mist Canadian Hunter Crown Royal Lord Calbert Seagram’s V.O. Windsor Canadian *Single-Barrel Whiskey |
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Call Brands of Rye Whiskey
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Jim Beam Yellow Lable
Old Overholt Old Quaker |
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Call Brands of Single-Malt Scotch
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Cardhu
The Dalmore Glendoranch Glenfiddich Glenforres The Glenlivet Glenmorangie Highland Park Knockando Laphroaig The Macallan Oban Talisker |
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Call Brands of Bourbon Whiskey
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Jim Beam
Benchmark Ezra Brooks Maker’s Mark George Dickel Early Times Old Charter Old Grand-Dad W.L. Weller Wild Turkey |
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Call Brands of Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey
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Baker’s
Basil Hayden’s Blanton’s Booker’s Hancock’s Reserve Knob Creek Rock Hills Arms Wild Turkey Rare Breed |
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Call Brands of American Blended Whiskey
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Imperial
Old Thompson Seagram’s Seven Crown Jack Daniels |
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Call Brands of Irish Whiskey
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Dunphy’s
John Jameson & Sons Murphy’s O’Connell & Flynn Old Bushmills Paddy’s Tullamore Dew |
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Call Brands of Gin
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Beefeater
Bombay Boodles’s Boothe’s Gilbey’s Gordon’s Seagram’s Tanqueray |
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Call Brands of Tequila
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Sauza
Coyote Patron Arandas Corazon Chinaco Caba Wabo Cazadozes Herradura Tarantula Centinelia Dos Reales Two Fingers Jose’ Cueurvo Jose’ Cuervo 1800 Sauza Commemorativo Jose Cuervo Traditional El Tesoro de Don Felipe |
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Call Brands of Cognac
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Ansac
Curvoisier Hennessey Martell Remy Martin |
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Call Brands of Vodka
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Absolut
Absolute Citron Absolut Kurant Absolut Pepper Attakiska Belvedere Black Death Chopin Danzka Finlandia Fris Grey Goose Ketel One Luksosova Montopolowa Priviet Smirnoff Stolichnaya Stolichnaya Cristal Stolichnaya Pertsovka Suntori Tanqueray Sterling Tarkhuna Zubrowka |
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Call Brands of Rum
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Appleton's
Bacardi C.J. Wray Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum Cruzan Myer's Malibu (coconut-flavored) Parrot Bay (coconut-flavored) Pusser's British Navy Rum Sangster's San Tropique (coconut-flavored) |