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GLOSSARY
ABRICOTINE.
—A French Apricot Brandy.
Colour
bright tawny; flavour " apricot" and Cognac.
Made by Gamier.
ABSINTHE.
—
A
highly concentrated wormwood dis-
tillate.
ADET.
—A Cognac. It is bottled in two colours, white
and dark.
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.
APERITIF.
—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.