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SPIRITS GENERAL
AQUAVIT
A spirit made from potato and flavoured with caraway,
which is made in Norway,Sweden and Denmark,and called
locally "snaps There are various brands notably
Lysholm, Loiten—Norwegian ; Aalborg Taffel Akvavit—
Danish ; and Andersson's of Sweden.
The Swedish Aquavits vary in sweetness and flavour, this
being obtained by other spices such as aniseed, coriander,
fennel and cumin. There is, however,one brand of Swedish
Aquavit which can be hkened to the liqueurs, that is
Nykopings-Brannvin, which is something like Anisette.
ARRACK. ARACK
A fiery spirit, distilled, chiefly in the Dutch Indies and
British India, from rice. But the name, quahfied or not,
has also often been used for"native".spirits. Thus the
Pariah Arrack,a spirit distilled from Toddy,the juice of the
palm, drunk by the half-castes and lowest classes in India ;
Batavia Arrack, a spirit distilled from molasses with little
cakes of dried Javanese rice added to the molasses.
CALVADOS
Normandy "Apple Jack or distilled cider from the
Calvados orchards. It is white in colour and of very high
strength.
GRAPPA
An Italian spirit distilled from the husks—the skins, pips
and stalks of the grapes—after they have been pressed
and the wine made.
KIRSCH. KIRSCHWASSER
A very popular spirit distilled chiefly in Germany,
Alsace and Switzerland from the fermented juice of small,
black and very juicy cherries which grow in a wild state
in the Black Forest, the Yosges and other moxmtains. The
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