Liqueur
A liqueur is a spirit with a sugar content of 100 grams per liter, obtained by flavoring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin or a distillate of agricultural origin. Different methods are used, such as maceration and the infusion of fruit or plants or not followed by distillation, Liqueurs, whose alcohol content is 15 to 55 °, the composition of many cocktails and also consume usually as a digestif at the end of the meal. Liqueurs are spirits.
Liqueurs with a blood sugar higher (at least 250 g / l) are called “cream.” Crème de cassis must have a sugar content of 400 g / l minimum.
In Quebec, the word “liquor” means “soft drink” in the vernacular.
In chocolate, called “liqueur” candy so the interior is composed of liquor kept in shape by the crystallization of sugar on the rim, and then coated with chocolate. Traditionally, liqueurs are wrapped in aluminum.
Examples of liquors
- Absinthe
- Amaretto
- Amaro Averna
- Angélique
- Anisette
- Benedictine
- Amer (bitter)
- Chartreuse
- Cherry
- China
- Cointreau
- Creme de cassis
- Curacao (liqueur)
- Génépi
- Juniper
- Gentian
- Grand Marnier
- Guignolet
- Izarra
- Kahlua
- Kummel
- Licor 43
- Limoncello
- Blackberry liqueur
- Myrtle liqueur
- Manzana
- Marsala
- Maraschino
- Perfect love
- Persico
- Liqueur Poejo
- Ratafia
- Rhubarb Zucca
- Thibarine
- Triple sec
- Vermouth
- Vervain
- Vespétro
- Liqueur Wine
Attention is not as liqueurs.
