When in a get-together with your friends, preparing a toast of liqueur is what you simply can’t miss. Well, not to confuse with that of the distilled beverage. Liqueur is definitely not of that sort. Flavored with cream, flowers, nuts and fruit, this alcoholic beverage is bottled with sweetener like fructose corn syrup. Thus, they are typically sweet and so cannot be preserved for long. As in the US, spirits are generally termed as ‘liquor’, so, often confusion liqueurs are mistaken by liquors and vice versa. One of the primary rule of thumb is, liquors are not sweet, whereas the liqueurs are. The syrupy form of the latter type is also available in the market. Normally, these drinks contain low alcohol and so are preferable mostly amongst ladies. Also known as cordials and schnapps in a few parts of the US, these liqueurs are bottled with different ingredients and flavors. The best thing about these is that a few of their kinds can be consumed like those of aperitif wine. Listed below are some popular types of liqueurs;
- Cream Liqueurs: Blended with dairy cream, this type of liqueurs are best to be stored in refrigerator. When compared to its other kinds, such alcoholic beverages have shorter lifespan. A few examples of cream liqueurs are Baileys Irish Cream, Saint Brendan and Creme de la Creme Maple Cream. One thing is common in each of these drinks that are their usage of cream and different flavour liquors.
- Creme Liqueurs: Having a great amount of sugar in it, the crème liqueur is manufactured with a thick syrupy consistency. Here, crème is referred as consistency and not ‘cream’. Unlike the previous type, this drink has no cream ingredients. Creme de cacao, crème de mure and crème de menthe are some of its categories.
- Chocolate Liqueurs: Those who are Chocó-freaks must try this amazing chocolaty taste alcoholic drink. Such liqueurs are often consumed as after dinner drinks instead an aperitif wine.
Also, it is mixed with drinks and desserts such as in cakes, truffles and dessert sauces. Adding a bit of chocolate liqueur to that of a melted chocolate would give you a heavenly pleasure while having it. Afrikoko, Ashanti Gold and Djangoa are few of its kind.
- Fruit Liqueurs: Made out of varieties of fruit flavours, these types of spirits have a fresh aroma and exotic taste. Banana, marula fruit, cherry, prickly pear, orange, pomegranate, cherry and some tropical fruit extract or flavours are used to enhance its tastes and quality. 99 Banana, Amarula, Bajtra, Cherry Heering, Combier and Damson are some of its examples.
- Nut-Flavoured Liqueurs: Amaretto, Disaronno, Bellota, Peanut Lolita are a few types of nut-flavored liqueurs that are manufactured with varied flavors of nuts. This includes peanut, almonds, pistachio, hazelnuts and green walnuts.
Usually containing 15% to 30% of alcohol, you can enjoy sipping these liqueurs anytime. When you are with your old school pals, trying out different recipes with these alcoholic beverages would be a fun thing to do.
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