Popular Drinks

1)  Amaretto:*  (made from the stone of an apricot)

2)  Orzata: *     (made from almonds)

3)  Anisette: *   (the best is Marie Brizard)

4)  Bailey’s Irish Cream: (whiskey with chocolate)

5)  Underberg (German) and Fernet Branca (Italian)*

     (excellent digestive drink made from flowers, roots and barks soaked in alcohol)

6)  Brandies:                       

      (Distilled fruits: blackberry, blackcurrant, etc. The famous cherry brandies are the Danish Peter Heering,  Dutch De Kuyper and Polish Wisniak. Conhaque is the best of brandies. The Mandarine Napoleon is a Spanish tangerine conhaque)

7)  Bolls:   (Dutch flavored gins)

8)  Cointreau:  (made from green oranges)

9)  Cordials:   (name for Native American liquors)

10) Canadian whiskey:  (made from a mixture of grains and corn)

11) Gin:                                  

      (the fruit “zimbro” is taken from the Tuscan juniper “gineprio” plant. The London dry gin is considered the best in the world. Steinhager is a German gin)

12) Grappa: (made from the skins, seeds and stems of grapes)

13) Grenadine:   (sweetened pomegranate syrup)

14) Irish Mist:   (whiskey with honey)

15) Jack Daniel:  (Tennessee whiskey produced in charcoal)

16)  Kahlua:   (Mexican coffee liquor)

17) Lager Beer: *  (has little fermentation)

18) Jerzynowka:   (Polish wild berry liquor)

19) Marasquino:     (cherry liquor)

20) Perrier:*                            

       (considered the most famous mineral water in the world.  France)

21) Pilsener Beer: *           

      (Bohemian beer of little fermentation. Excellent for digestive system)

22) Punch:(drink made with fruits and brandy or sherry)

23) Rum:                           

      (made from sugar cane or molasses. Cuban rum is light while the Jamaican one is strong. Bacardi is light Porto Rican rum)

24) Scotch whiskey:  (made from a mixture of grains)

25) Southern Comfort:    (Missouri Bourbon made from peach and orange)

26) Straight whiskey: (non-blended)

27) St. Raphael:(the sweetest liquor made from peaches)

28) Vermouth:*    (made from grapes)

29) Vodka: (made from potatoes, Smirnoff is the most famous)

30) Screwdriver:               

      (got its name from the mechanics who would stir their drinks with a screw driver)

31) Shirley Temple:     (7 up or ginger ale with a drop of grenadine and cherry)

Drinks with * to them are good for one’s health