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GLOSSARY OF LIQUEURS
Fralsia. A red French liqueur, flavoured with Strawberries.
Flor d'Alpe. A liqueur flavoured with the flowers and herbs
collected from the slopes of the Alps. It is highly sweetened
so that the sugar readUy forms crystals in the bottle.
Glayva. A liqueur similar to Drambuie.
Glen Mist. A liqueur similar to Drambuie, but a mixture of Scotch
and Irish Whiskies.
Goldwasser (Danzig). A colourless sweet liqueur with flakes of
gold, flavoured rvith Aniseed and orange. The original was
made by der Lechs in 1598.
Grand Cumberland. An Australian liqueur, one of the main
ingredients being Passion Fruit.
Grande Liqueur. A liqueur similar to Chartreuse, made in France
in two colours, green and yellow, with a Chartreuse flavour.
Grand Marnier. A French brandy liqueur, golden brown in colour
with the flavour of orange.
Guignoiet. A French Cherry Brandy liqueur distilled at Angers.
Half Om Half. Sweet Dutch liqueur composed of Curacao and
highly rectified spirit. Brown red in colour.
Izzara. See Angelica.
Kummel. One of the most popular of all Liqueurs rvith definite
digestive properties. It has been made in Holland since 1575, but
Kummel from Riga, and Gilka Kummel from Berlin, used to
be even more universally popular than^ the Dutch Kummel.
Kummel has in its basis some highly distilled or almost neutral
spirit, sometimes distilled from grain, sometimes from potatoes
rarely if ever from wine. It is flavoured rvith caraway seeds
and cumin, to which it owes its digestive qualities. It is more
or less sweetened, according to the formulae used for different
brands, but is always pure white.
Liqueur D'Or. A Golden sweet French liqueur witli flakes of gold.
Liqueur Jaune. A French yellow liqueur somewhat similar to
yellow Chartreuse.
Liqueur Verte. A French liqueur, somewhat similar to Green
Chartreuse.
Madarine. A French liqueur flavoured with Tangarine.
Mandarine de Blidah. See Creme de Mandarin.
Maraschino. The liqueur of Zara, in Dalmatia, Italy. It is
white and has a very distinctive flavour of the cherry.
Marnique. An Australian liqueur similar to Grand Marnier.
Mazarin. A liqueur manufactured in France, light brown in
colour with a flavour like Benedictine.
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