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Bottle of Desert Door Texas Sotol Made in Driftwood, TX Bottle and shot of Desert Door Texas Sotol, a sotol sourced and distilled in Texas Dasylirion wheeleri. Sotol is a distilled spirit from the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, western Texas) sourced from the plants of the genus Dasylirion, most commonly: Dasylirion wheeleri, Dasylirion durangense, Dasylirion cedrosanum, and Dasylirion ...
Green Chartreuse (110 proof or 55% ABV) is a naturally green liqueur made from 130 herbs and other plants macerated in alcohol and steeped for about eight hours. A last maceration of plants gives its color to the liqueur. [6] The first version of the liqueur was devised in 1825, with the modern version first released in 1840. [15]: 11
Island Distillers in Honolulu makes 100-US-proof (50% Alcohol by volume) Hawaiian ʻŌkolehao, a re-creation of the original ʻōkolehao. [6] There have been several past and recent productions of an okolehao type liqueur which is made by blending extracts of ti plant root, or ground up and emulsified ti root, with sugar syrup, rum, neutral spirits, bourbon, and other artificial and natural ...
Mezcal is made from the heart of the agave plant, called the piña. The Agave genus is a member of the Agavoideae subfamily of the Asparagaceae plant family which has almost 200 species . Mezcal is made from over 30 Agave species, varieties, and subvarieties, in contrast with tequila, which is made only with blue agave . 90% of Mexican mezcal ...
Sotoleros (people who make sotol) extract the heart of the plant to make sotol, while leaving the root to grow again. To harvest an agave plant for tequila or other liquors, the plant is fully dug up.
Although most wine is made from grapes, it may also be made from other plants. (See fruit wine .) Other similar light alcoholic drinks (as opposed to beer or spirits ) include mead , made by fermenting honey and water, cider ("apple cider"), made by fermenting the juice of apples , and perry ("pear cider"), made by fermenting the juice of pears ...
Bénédictine, a traditional French herbal liqueur Licor Beirão, a traditional Portuguese spice liqueur.. A liqueur (UK: / l ɪ ˈ k j ʊər / li-KURE, US: / l ɪ ˈ k ɜːr / li-KUR; [1] French:) is an alcoholic drink composed of spirits (often rectified spirit) and additional flavorings such as sugar, fruits, herbs, and spices.
An old whiskey still A display of various liquors in a supermarket Some single-drink liquor bottles available in Germany. Liquor (/ ˈ l ɪ k ər / LIK-ər, sometimes hard liquor), spirits, distilled spirits, or spiritous liquor are alcoholic drinks produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.