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GLOSSARY

ABRICOTlNE.—A French Apricot Brandy. Colour

bright tawny; flavour"apricot"and Cognac.

Made by Gamier.

ABSINTHE.—A highly concentrated wormwood distillate.

ADVOCAAT.—^A Dutch liqueur. Yellow in colour;

flavour eggs and Brandy.

AMER PICON.—A bitter liqueur wine. An aperitif.

AMOURETTE.—A French liqueur.

ANGELICA.—A Basque liqueur. Pale yellow in colour,

very sweet, flavoured with Angelica and Pyrenees

plants.

ANGOSTURA.—^A popular brand of"Bitters." It is

made at Port of Spain, Trinidad, with Rum as its

basis and a number of aromatical herbs and roots.

ANIS.—^Aniseed flavoured spirit. A sweet liqueur.

ANISETTE.—A liqueur. Colourless and sweet, flavour

aniseed.

APLRITIF.—French for a short, strong and often bitter

drink, supposed to give one an"appetite"before

meals.

APPLE BRANDY.—Distilled Cider, a colourless potable

spirit, usually of high strength and unsweetened.

APPLE GIN.—There are two varieties; sweet and dry.

It is a Gin combined with the soluble ingredients

of the apple. Greenish tint in colour.

APRICOT BRANDY.—A liqueur chiefly made in

England, France and Holland. Tawny in colour

with the flavour of the apricot and usually quite

sweet.

APRICOT GIN.—Liqueur flavoured with apricot.

AQUAVIT.—A colourless strong spirit.

ARMAGNAC.—Brandy distilled from wine of the Gers

Departement. The centre of the Armagnac district

is Condom. The best Armagnac Brandies are

distilled from the Bas-Armagnac wines, and are

divided into three classes, known as Grands, Fins

and Petits.