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Introduction to Liqueur || What Are Aperitif? | What is Vermouth?

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LIQUEURS  are basically liquors that have been sweetened and often flavored with fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, nuts and other botanicals.Often served in small quantities as a digestif, a dessert drink and it can also be used as an ingredient for delicious cocktails. Liqueurs are made by infusing flavors in alcohol, such as wood and fruit, and then adding sugar, however, some liqueurs are made by distilling flavoring agents.  WHERE DOES IT  ORIGINATE? Liqueurs were first created by Christian monks in the Middle Ages as herbal remedies for illness. The monks brewed combinations of honey, herbs, spices and roots with alcohol to make these special elixirs. Recipes for liqueurs have been found in Egyptian tombs and ancient Greek scrolls, but it is primarily the monks of Europe, particularly Italian monks during the 13th Century, who developed the liqueur as a way to infuse herbs for medicinal use. One of the most famous liqueurs to be developed by European monks is GREEN CH...
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Introduction to Alcoholic Beverages || What Are Spirits? | What Is Liquor?

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BEVERAGES Beverages are liquids made for consumption. They may be in the form of Stimulants like Tea, Coffee, Milk or as refreshers like Soft Drinks, Juices and Water. They are broadly classified as below: 1. Alcoholic Beverage 2. Nonalcoholic beverage ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE Alcoholic beverage is portable liquid which contain 2% to 75% of liquor. They are produced by the introduction of yeast for fermentation into substance such as fruits, cereal (grain), molasses and plant extract. Technically, it is known as ethyl alcohol that forms as the product of a chemical reaction in which yeast converts the glucose present in the cereals or molasses into alcohol & carbon dioxide (CO2), though there is other reaction taking place at the same time and that also influence the character of the finished beverage. Alcoholic beverage has been divided into two categories, they are as follow: * Fermented Alcoholic Beverage * Distilled Alcoholic beverage FERMENTED BEVERAGES Fermented Al...
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