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Cachaca - A fiery Brazilian brandy that tastes like a cross between tequila and rum. It is distilled from sugarcane. Calvados - One of the world's great brands of apple brandy. Produced in Normandy. Campari - A highly popular Italian patent aperitif. Usually served on the rocks with soda, Campari is very dry with a strong quinine taste. Canadian club - A high quality, highly popular brand of Canadian whiskey. Canadian whiskey - A blended whiskey, which is distilled from rye, corn, and barley. Produced only in Canada under government control. The Canadian whiskey sold in the U.S. is at least four years old. Lighter than American whiskey, it is sold at 80 proof. Caravella Limoncello - A liqueur made by infusing grain spirits with the juice and peel of lemons from Italy's sunny southern Amalfi coast. Carmichael's Heather Cream - A liqueur made from the blending of single malt scotch whisky and rich dairy cream. Cassis - A purple liqueur made from currants. Chambord - A French liqueur made from small black raspberries Chambraise - A French liqueur made from wild strawberries Champagne - Sparkling wine made in the region of the same name, just 70 some miles northeast of Paris, using a traditional process in which the wines are bottle fermented, and made only from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier grapes. Chartreuse - A famous herbal French liqueur still produced by the Carthusian monks in France from a formula dating back to 1605 and containing 130 herbs and spices. This exquisite liqueur is available in two colors: yellow and green. Chaser - A mixer that is tossed down the throat after one has drunk a straight shot of whiskey or other spirit instead of being combined with a spirit in the glass. The original chaser was a boiler-maker, which was a shot and a beer. Cheri-suisse - A Swiss liqueur that tastes like chocolate covered cherries. Cherry Brandy - A colorless spirit produced from the distillation of cherries, often called by its German name Kirschwasser. Cherry marnier - A French cherry liqueur with a hint of almond Ciclon - Gold rum from Bacardi infused with a touch of tequila and lime flavor. Cider - A beverage containing the juice of apples. In Europe, the term refers to fermented apple juice, but in the North America cider is normally unfermented. Cinzano Padose - An Italian sparkling wine. Ciroc Snap Frost Vodka - Distilled from French grapes. Cloudberry - A sweet, Scandinavian liqueur made from the delicate salmon colored cloudberry. Cobbler - A tall summer style drink that consists of ice, wine or liqueur, and a considerable variety of fruit slices, cherries, berries, and so forth. Coco Lopez - A cream of coconut. A canned preparation made from coconut milk, sugar, and other non-alcoholic ingredients useful in making tropical cocktails. Coffee - A popular beverage made from beans of the coffee tree, which have been cleaned, dried, roasted, ground, and brewed with water to extract their flavor. For specific coffee products, see espresso, ground coffee, instant coffee powder, and instant espresso powder. Coffee Brandy - A spirit made from distilled coffee beans. Cognac - A type of brandy that is produced only in the Cognac region of western France and is universally recognized as the finest and most elegant liqueur in the world. Not a drop of any other wine or brandy is ever allowed to enter a bottle of Cognac. The Cognac region is divided into six districts, with the Cognac of Grand Champagne considered the best. Cognac is coded on the label by the following letters: V (very), S (superior), O (old), P (pale), E (extra or especial), F (fine), X (extra). French law states that Cognac with 3 stars be aged at least 1½ years old to be rated VS & 4 years to be rated VSOP (although 7-10 years is pretty common). By French law the words Extra, Napoleon, Reserve and Vieille may not appear on the label unless the cognac has been aged at least 5½ years. Cointreau - A fine, colorless, orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried skins of Curaçao oranges grown on the island of the same name in the Dutch West Indies. The Generic term is Curaçao, and if redistilled clear is called triple sec. Cola - A cola is a sweet carbonated drink, usually with caramel flavoring and containing caffeine. The flavor of the drink sometimes comes from a mixture of vanilla, cinnamon,and citrus flavorings. The name comes from the kola nuts that were originally used as the source of caffeine. Collins - Tall cool punch-like drinks. Any basic liquor with juice of lemon or lime, over ice cubes in a frosted highball glass. Sugar and soda water added. Garnished with lemon slice and a cherry, if desired. Cooler - A low alcohol drink consisting of either white or red wine mixed with either 7-UP, ginger-ale, club soda and or a citrus juice. Commercially bottled coolers of the latter variety have become extremely popular in recent years. Coolers - A tall drink made with different types of liquor, flavoring, cracked ice, carbonated beverages and fruit rinds. Cordial - A liquor (or liqueur) made by mixing or redistilling neutral spirits. Fruits, flowers, herbs, seeds, roots, plants or juices are used and a sweetening is added. Most cordials are sweet, colorful and highly concentrated. Many are made from secret recipes and processes. Corn whiskey - A whiskey made from a mash of at least 80% corn. May or may not be aged. Cranberry juice - The juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened). Cream liqueurs - A liqueur with a spirit base and flavored with coffee or chocolate. Cream of coconut - A coconut syrup used in many exotic drinks. Creme d'ananas - A sweet, pineapple-flavored liqueur. Creme de banana - A sweet liqueur flavored with bananas. Creme de cacao - A sweet, chocolate-flavored liqueur. White creme de cacao contains no coloring; dark does. Creme de cafe - A sweet, coffee-flavored liqueur. Creme de cassis - A dark, medium-sweet liqueur flavored with black currants. Creme de cocoa - A rich, chocolate-flavored liqueur, made from cacao and vanilla beans, quite sweet and syrupy, available in two colors: white & brown. Creme de fraise - A sweet, strawberry-flavored liqueur. Creme de framboise - A sweet, raspberry-flavored liqueur. Creme de mandarine - A sweet, tangerine-flavored liqueur. Creme de menthe - A mint-flavored moderately sweet liqueur that comes in green or white. Creme de mure - A sweet, blackberry-flavored liqueur. Creme de myrtille - A sweet, bilberry-flavored liqueur. Creme de noya or noyau - An almond-flavored liqueur made from fruit pits. Creme de noyaux - A liqueur made from fruit pits that possesses a bitter almond taste. Creme de peche - A sweet, peach-flavored liqueur. Creme de roses - A sweet, rose petal-flavored liqueur. Creme de the - A sweet, tea-flavored liqueur. Creme de vanille - A sweet, vanilla-flavored liqueur. Creme de violette - A sweet liqueur flavored with violet oil and vanilla. Creme de... - An all-purpose term indicating a liqueur in which one flavor is dominant. flavors include almond, celery, d'anana (pineapple), noisette (hazelnut), mocha (coffee), rose (vanilla and roses), the` (tea), fraise (strawberry) and violette/yvette (violets) Creme yvette - A very sweet, violet-flavored liqueur, made in the United States by Jacquin. Cuarente y tres - A brandy based liquor from Spain containing 43 ingredients and a hint of vanilla. Also known as Licor 43. Curacao - Generic term for liqueur made from the dried skins of small green bitter Curaçao oranges. Curaçao may be blue, white, or orange in color. The taste is the same for all three. Cynar - A soupy, dark-brown liqueur which is flavored with artichoke hearts. It is made in Italy. |
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