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GLOSSARY OF LIQUEURS
Capricornia. An Australian liqueur one of the ingredients of which
is tropical fruit. The name of the liqueur is derived from the
Tropic of Capricorn in the vicinity of which the fruit is grown.
Creme de Cacao. A very sweet liqueur with a strong cocoa-cum-
vanilla flavour. The name Chouao which usually figures on
Creme de Cacao labels, is that of a district in Venezuela reputed
to produce the best cocoa beans in the world.
Chartreuse. A world-famous liqueur which was manufactured atthe
Grande Chartreuse Monastery, near Grenoble (France), by
Carthusian monks from 1607 until 1901, when the monks left
France for Tarragona in Spain. There are two principal types of
Chartreuse sold, the one being green in colour and of very high
alcoholic strength, and the other yellow, not so potent and much
sweeter. There is, or was at one time, a still stronger and dearer
Chartreuse, pure white, and labelled Elixir des Peres Chartreux,
All three kinds are highly aromatized, but the Elixir is the most
remarkable restorative of the three.
After 1901, the French Government sold the Trade Marks of
the Chartreux and an imitation Chartreuse was made and sold,
in France, in bottles which were identical with those of the
monks, except that in the left corner of the authentic Chartreuse
are very small letters, one can read Lith. Alier, and on the post-
1901 imitation Lith. with Alier, the name of the printer of the
original label.
Cherry Brandy. A liqueur distilled from the juice of ripe cherries,
fermented with some of the cherry stones, crushed, as it is from
these that a valuable oil is obtained which gives to Cherry Brandy
its distinctive bitter almond finish. Cherry Brandy is more or less
sweetened with sugar or glucose according to methodsfavoured by
different distillers, and it is also made without Brandy and
cherries, with any kind of spirit and flavouring essences.
Cherry Whisky. A liqueur made of Whisky flavoured with cherries;
it was known in Victorian days by the name of the black cherry
used, the Gean (Fr. Guigne)and there are wine labels bearing the
inscriptions Gean Whisky, Guyne Whisky and Geen Whisky. The
modern version of Cherry Whisky is marketed under the name of
Chesky.
Cherry Gin. A liqueur with cherry flavour.
Cherry Nalivka. A Baltic or a former Russian liqueur. Very sweet
and of low alcoholic strength. Bright cherry in colour.
Cointreau. One of the best known French Curacaos, sold in a
distinctive square-shaped bottle under the name of Cointreau
Liqueur ; it is colourless and has an orange flavour. The alcoholic
strength of the liqueur is the same throughout the world ; the
liqueur itself is manufactured at Angers in the department of
Anjou.
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