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36 Cards in this Set
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What are liqueurs?
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Liqueurs are sweetened flavored spirits. The flavorings are extracted from fruits, seeds, plants, herbs and spices.
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What are the three methods for extracting flavors for the production of Liqueurs?
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Infusion, Percolation, Distillation
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What is Advocaat?
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Low-strength liqueur, yellow in color, made from egg yolks, sugar, aromatics, vanilla and brandy. The best is produced in Holland.
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What is Amaretto?
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Brown-colored Italian liqueur made from apricot kernels and spices.
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What is Apricot Brandy?
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A golden-colored liqueur usually made from apricots and brandy, the best being flavored with apricot kernels.
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What is Benedictine?
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French golden-colored liqueur, originally produced by the Benedictine monks in Normandy. It is made from a secret recipe of brandy and 27 other ingredients, made up of herbs, seeds, and spices.
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How is Benedictine made?
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Distillation in copper stills and matured in wood for a minimum of four years.
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What do the letters DOM on a bottle of Benedictine stand for?
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Deo Optimo Maximo, meaning "to God most good most great"
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What does B & B stand for? What is it made of?
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Brandy and Benedictine
Made up of a mixture of Cognac and Benedictine. |
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What is Chartreuse?
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A high quality French liqueur made from a secret recipe flavored with 130 herbs, roots, spices and other vegetation macerated in a spirit.
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Who makes Chartreuse and where is it made?
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Made by Carthusian monks at La Grand Chartreuse Monastery, near Grenoble, France.
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What is Cherry Brandy?
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A reddish-brown cherry-flavored liqueur produced in many countries. De Kuyper is a leading brand using black cherries crushed cherry kernels, cinnamon, cloves and other spiced macerated in spirit.
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What is Cherry Heering?
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Original Danish liqueur and is produced from cherries, crushed cherry kernels and spices, macerated in spirit and matured for three years in oak.
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What is Cointreau?
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Distilled from sweet and bitter orange peels and blended with spirit sugar and water. It is a crystal-colored liqueur made in Angers, France, and is named after the family that produced it.
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What is Curacao?
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Similar to Cointreau. Originally a Dutch liqueur made from spirit and the peel of Curacao oranges, now made worldwide from orange flavored ingredients. It is made in various colors - amber, red, blue and green.
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What is Triple Sec?
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A crystal colored orange-flavored liqueur produced worldwide.
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What is Grand Marnier?
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French liqueur made from bitter orange peel, spices and vanilla with a Cognac base, and aged in French oak casks.
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What is Van der Hume?
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An amber-colored South African liqueur flavored with Cape tangerines, herbs, spices and other botanicals. It is blended with brandy, sugar and water.
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What is Creme de Cacao?
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Brown or colorless chocolate and vanilla-flavored liqueur produced in many countries.
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What is Royal Mint Chocolate liqueur?
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A pale green-mint and chocolate-flavored liqueur.
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What is Kahlua?
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Mexican brown liqueur made from rum and coffee. It is produced in Denmark under license.
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What is Tia Maria?
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Dark brown coffee-flavored liqueur made from rum, Blue Mountain coffee beans, vanilla, spices and sugar.
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What is Amarula?
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South African cream liqueur flavored with the fruit of the Maula tree, or Elephant tree. It has a sweet, fruity cream caramel flavor.
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What is Baileys Original cream liqueur?
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Blend of irish cream and Irish whiskey.
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What is Devonshire Royal cream liqueur?
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Blend of whiskey, brandy and Devonshire cream.
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What is Sheridans?
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Irish liqueur comprising two separate spirits in a divided bottle, one white, one dark brown. The brown liquor is coffee-and whiskey flavored, the white liquor is a mixture of cream, white milk, chocolate and spirit.
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What is Creme de Menthe?
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Mint flavored liqueur, either green or colorless.
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What is Frangelico?
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Italian liqueur, light lemon in color and flavored with hazelnuts, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, berries, herbs and flowers.
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What is Galliano?
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Italian herb-flavored yellow liqueur, owing its popularity to the cocktail Harvey Wallbanger.
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What is Licor 43?
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Spanish liqueur produced from 43 ingredients. It is yellow in color and flavored with citrus fruits, herbs and vanilla.
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What is Malibu?
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Colorless low-strength coconut-flavored liqueur, with a base of Jamaican light rum.
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What is Maraschino?
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A colorless cherry-flavored liqueur produced in Italy. It is made from the distillate of fermented maraschino cherries.
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What is Midori?
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A melon-flavored liqueur, produced in Mexico but originally from Japan.
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What is Sambuca?
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An Italian colorless liqueur with a flavor of licorice, elder brush and anise. This drink is served flaming with a coffee bean floating in it.
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What is Drambuie?
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Golden-colored liqueurs produced in Scotland from a base of scotch whiskey sweetened and flavored with herbs and heather honey.
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What is Southern Comfort?
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Golden-colored whisky liqueur made from a base of American whiskies blended with peaches, oranges and spices.
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