1960 The U K B G Guide to Drinks (3 rd edition revised)

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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