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National Liqueur Day
donmedeiros
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With game day rapidly approaching, a nice glass of (fill in your favorite liqueur) might be nice. How convenient that today is
NATIONAL LIQUEUR DAY
National Liqueur Day on October 16th annually celebrates the myriad classes and flavors of liqueur.
The word liqueur comes from the Latin liquifacere, which means to liquefy. A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit. Distillers flavor the spirit with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers, or nuts. Next, they bottle it with added sugar or other sweeteners. While liqueurs are typically considerably sweet, distillers do not usually age their product long. They do, however, allow a resting period during production, which allows the flavors to marry.
With the broad selection of spirits available in seasonal, fragrant, and often curious flavors (vodkas and rums in particular), there is often confusion of liqueurs and liquors. In the United States and Canada, spirits are frequently called liquor. The most reliable rule of thumb to follow suggests that liqueurs comprise a sweeter, syrupy consistency, while liquors do not. Most of the liqueurs have a lower alcohol content than spirits. However, some do contain as much as 55% ABV.
In parts of the United States, liqueurs may also be called cordials or schnapps.
Historically, liqueurs descend from herbal medicines prepared by monks in Italy as early as the 13th century. They steeped these often bitter herbs and sweetened them with sugar to make them more palatable to the monks’ ailing patients. The curative’s potency received a restful boost from its alcohol content as well.
Kahlua has long been a favorite of mine. Et tu?
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Bourbon. But you done spelt likker wrong bud.
So does that mean I have to drink peach schnapps tonight? 🤢
amaretto and orange juice ..................................tastes like a tootsie roll pop!
A pretty good call. You can use it to celebrate that we'll likely not be back to the Peach Bowl any time soon.
Most of my most remembered bad drinking nights involved peppermint schnapps, just sayin.
Back in the day, it was Amaretto in a heated snifter glass. Gives off some nice fumes. And no cheap stuff. Disaronno only.
B&B and Grand Marnier were pretty good too.