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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.