Liqueur

A liqueur is a sweet alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, seeds, roots, plants, barks, and sometimes cream. The word liqueur comes from the Latin word liquifacere which means "to dissolve." This refers to the dissolving of the flavorings used to make the liqueur. Liqueurs are not usually aged for long periods, but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to marry.
In some parts of the world people use the words cordial and liqueur interchangeably[citation needed]. Though in these places the two expressions both describe liqueurs made by redistilling spirits with aromatic flavorings and are usually highly sweetened, there are some differences. While liqueurs are usually flavored with herbs, cordials are generally prepared with fruit pulp or juices. Most liqueurs are noticeably sweet.
Liqueurs date back centuries and are historical descendants of herbal medicines, often those prepared by monks, as Chartreuse or Bénédictine. Liqueurs were made in Italy as early as the 13th century and their consumption was later required at all treaty signings during the Middle Ages.
Today, liqueurs are made worldwide and are served in many ways: by themselves, poured over ice, with coffee, mixed with cream or other mixers to create cocktails, etc. They are often served with or after a dessert. Liqueurs are also used in cooking.
Some liqueurs are prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar or other items. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring agents. The distinction between liqueur and spirits (sometimes liquors) is not simple, especially since many spirits are available in a flavored form today. Flavored spirits, however, are not prepared by infusion. Alcohol content is not a distinctive feature. At 15-30%, most liqueurs have a lower alcohol content than spirits, but some liqueurs have an alcohol content as high as 55%. Dessert wine, on the other hand, may taste like a liqueur, but contains no additional flavoring.
There are many categories of liqueurs including: fruit liqueur, cream liqueur, coffee liqueur, chocolate liqueur, schnapps liqueur, brandy liqueur, anise liqueur, nut-flavoured liqueur, and herbal liqueur.
Anise liqueurs have the interesting property of turning from transparent to cloudy when added to water: the oil of anise remains in solution in the presence of a high concentration of alcohol, but crystallizes out when the alcohol concentration is reduced.
Layered drinks made by floating different-coloured liqueurs in separate layers are attractive. Each liqueur is poured slowly into a glass over the back of a spoon or down a glass rod, so that the liquids of different densities remain unmixed, creating a striped effect.

List of Liqueur
Chocolate liqueurs

• Afrikoko (coconut and chocolate)
  
• Ashanti Gold
  
• Cadbury Cream Liqueur
  
• Crème de Cacao
  
• Dwersteg's Organic Chocolate Cream Liqueur
  
• Liqueur Fogg
  
• Godiva Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate and Cappuccino liqueurs
  
• Mozart Gold (milk chocolate), Mozart White (white chocolate), Mozart Black (dark chocolate), and Amadé ChocOrange (dark chocolate with blood-orange distillate) liqueurs
  
• Royal Mint-Chocolate Liqueur (French)
  
• Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur
  
• Vandermint
  

Coffee liqueurs

• Allen's Coffee Brandy
  
• Vibe Robusta Coffee Liqueur
  
• Bols Coffee Liqueur
  
• Café Britt Coffee Liqueur
  
• Café Oriental
  
• Caffè Borghetti
  
• Coloma
  
• Copa De Oro
  
• Duchalet Café Liqueur
  
• Dwersteg's Organic Coffee Liqueur
  
• The Evil Monk
  
• Kahlúa
  
• Kamora
  
• Keuck Türkisch Mokka
  
• Kona Gold
  
• Kosaken Kaffee
  
• De Kuyper Crème de Café
  
• Mokatika
  
• Sabroso
  
• Sheridan's
  
• Starbucks Coffee Liqueur
  
• Tia Maria
  
• Toussaint Coffee Liqueur
  

Cream liqueurs

• Amarula (sugar, cream, and the fruit of the African marula tree)
  
• Baileys Irish Cream
  
• Carolans
  
• Dooley's
  
• Drumgray Highland Cream Liqueur
  
• Dulce de Leche Liqueur (Caribbean rum, caramel and cream)
  
• Dwersteg's Organic Coffee Cream Liqueur
  
• Hare Turkish Coffee Cream Liqueur
  
• KeKe Beach (lime cream)
  
• McCormick's Irish Cream
  
• Merlyn Cream Liqueur
  
• Mozart Gold Chocolate Cream
  
• Mozart White Chocolate Cream
  
• O'Leary's Irish Cream
  
• Ponche Caribe
  
• Ponche crema
  
• Ponche Diva
  
• Ponche Kuba
  
• Sangster's
  
• Saint Brendan's Irish Cream Liqueur
  
• Spirit of Liberty America's Cream Liqueur (1/3 less calories than Bailey's)
  
• Starbucks Cream Liqueur
  
• Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur
  
• Voyant Chai Cream (a chai-flavoured liqueur containing oak-aged rum, cream, black tea, vanilla, and spices)
  
• Kēkē Beach Key Lime Cream Liqueur

Crème liqueurs

• Creme de Banane
  
• Crème de cacao
  
• Crème de cassis
  
• Crème de Cerise
  
• Crème de menthe
  
• Creme de Noyaux
  
• Crème de Rose
  
• Creme de violette
  
• Parfait d'Amour

Fruit liqueurs

• Amabilli (banana)
  
• Aurum (rum, tea, and tangerines)
  
• Bajtra – Maltese liqueur (prickly pear)
  
• Cointreau (orange)
  
• Cuarenta Y Tres/Licor 43 (citrus, vanilla)
  
• Curaçao (bitter orange)
  
• DeKuyper Pomegranate (pomegranate)
  
• Destinee (tropical fruit)
  
• Dwersteg's Organic Orange Liqueur
  
• Espiritu del Ecuador (20 Ecuadoran fruits, including peach, chocolate, cherry, and almond)
  
• Grand Marnier (orange)
  
• GRAPèRO (pink grapefruit)
  
• Hideous (potato neutral spirit, with added natural flavors derived from berries grown in the state of Washington [including raspberries and other berries] and citrus fruits)
  
• Hpnotiq (tropical fruit)
  
• KeKe Beach (lime cream)
  
• Kruškovac (pear)
  
• Kwai Feh (lychee)
  
• Ly Shan (lychee)
  
• Lichido (vodka, cognac, lychee and guava essences, and white peach juice)
  
• Limoncello (lemon)
  
• Mandarine Napoleon (mandarin)
  
• Manzana verde (apple)
  
• Medronho (strawberry tree/arbutus)
  
• Midori (melon)
  
• 99 bananas (99-proof banana-flavored schnapps)
  
• NUVO (fruit nectars and sparkling chardonnay and pinot noir wines)
  
• PAMA (pomegranate)
  
• Passoã (passion fruit; also comes in mango, pineapple, and coconut flavors)
  
• Pisang Ambon (banana)
  
• Pucker (apple)
  
• Triple sec (orange)
  
• X-Rated Fusion Liqueur (blood orange, mango and passion fruit)

Berry liqueurs

• 99 Berries
  
• Blueberry
  
• Buckthorn
  
• Cherry Heering (cherry)
  
• Chambord (raspberry)
  
• Cloudberry
  
• Ginjinha (cherry)
  
• Guavaberry (guavaberry)
  
• Guignolet (wild cherry)
  
• Hare Ahududu (raspberry)
  
• Hare Vişne (sour cherry)
  
• Hideous (potato neutral spirit, with added natural flavors derived from berries grown in the state of Washington [including raspberries and other berries] and citrus fruits)
  
• Lakka (cloudberry)
  
• Lillehammer (lingonberry)
  
• Lingonberry
  
• Maraschino (cherry)
  
• Murtado (Ugni molinae berries)
  
• Polar Cranberry
  
• Prunelle (plum)
  
• Razzmatazz (raspberry)
  
• Sloe gin (sloe)
  
• Damson gin (Damson)
  
• Whidbeys (loganberry)
  

Flower liqueurs

• Crème de Rose (rose)
  
• Crème de violette (violet)
  
• Crème Yvette (violet, vanilla)
  
• Fior d'Alpi (alpine flowers, herbs)
  
• Lavender Liqueur (lavender)
  
• Liqueur de Rose (rose)
  
• Liqueur de Violette (violet)
  
• Meikueilu Chiew (Mey Kwei Loo Liqueur) (rose)
  
• My Rose (rose, with a whole rose in the bottle) (Christian di Marco My Rose Liqueur)
  
• Rosolio (rose)
  
• St-Germain (elderflower)
  
• Shan Hibiscus (hibiscus, coconut)
  
• Shan Lotus (lotus, passion fruit)
  
• Shan Rose (rose, lychee)
  
• Xaica (Hibiscus)

Herbal liqueurs
Note: the exact recipes of many herbal liqueurs (which may contain up to 50 or more different herbs) are often closely guarded trade secrets. The primary herbal ingredients are listed where known.

Anise-flavored liqueurs
Note: Absinthe, Arak, Rakı, and similar anise-flavored beverages contain no sugar and thus are flavored liquors rather than liqueurs.

• Aguardiente/Aguardente – Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal
  
• Anís – Spain
  
• Anisetta – Italy
  
• Anisette – France
  
• Alpestre - Italy
  
• Arquebuse de l'Hermitage - France
  
• Galliano – Italy
  
• Hierbas de Mallorca – Majorca
  
• Herbsaint – United States
  
• Mastica – Bulgaria
  
• Mistrà - Italy
  
• Oghi – Armenia
  
• Ouzo – Greece
  
• Pastis – France
  
• Passione Nera - Italy
  
• Patxaran – Spain
  
• Pernod Fils
  
• Pernod Ricard
  
• Sambuca – Italy
  
• Vespetrò - Italy
  
• Xtabentún – Mexico
  

Other herbal liqueurs

• Amaro
  
• Becherovka (anise seeds, cinnamon, and other herbs)
  
• Beirão (seeds and herbs from around the world)
  
• Bénédictine (cognac with 27 plants and spices)
  
• Canton (spirits, brandy, six varieties of ginger, ginseng, and honey)
  
• Chartreuse (130 herbal extracts)
  
• Demänovka (14 herbs and honey)
  
• Everglo (tequila, vodka, caffeine, and ginseng)
  
• Danzig Goldwasser (gold leaf, roots, and herbs)
  
• Goldschläger (cinnamon, with gold leaf)
  
• Jägermeister (56 herbs)
  
• Krupnik (honey and up to 50 different herbs)
  
• Kümmel (caraway seed, cumin, and fennel)
  
• Mastichato (mastic resin)
  
• Menta (peppermint liqueur)
  
• Metaxa
  
• Minttu (peppermint)
  
• Paan (betel leaf, betel nuts, saffron, cardamom, sandalwood, and other herbs and spices)
  
• Riga Black Balsam (Rigas Melnais Balzams)
  
• Strega (70 herbs, including mint, fennel, and saffron)
  
• Unicum (more than 40 herbs)
  
• Zen (matcha green tea from Kyoto, Japan, with lemon grass and other herbs. Manufactured by Suntory)
  

Nut-flavored liqueurs

• Amaretto (almonds, or the almond-like kernels from apricots, peaches, cherries, or similar stone fruits)
  
• Dumante (pistachio)
  
• Frangelico (hazelnuts and herbs)
  
• Kahana Royale (macadamia nut)
  
• Nocello (walnut and hazelnut)
  
• Nocino (unripe green walnuts)
  
• Peanut Lolita (peanut) Washington Post, A Flowery Find That Left Us in the Dust, Jason Wilson, April 2, 2008.
  
• Ratafia (brandy flavored with almonds, fruit, or fruit kernels - also a flavored biscuit

Whisky liqueurs

• Bruadar (Scotch whisky, honey, sloe)
  
• Cock of the North (single malt, blaeberry)
  
• Drambuie (Scotch, heather honey, herbs, and spices)
  
• Eblana (Irish whiskey, coffee, honey, almond, peanut)
  
• Famous Grouse liqueur (Scotch, bourbon, citrus, spices)
  
• Glayva (Scotch, Seville oranges, herbs, and honey)
  
• Glenfiddich Malt liqueur (Scotch, citrus, pear, brown sugar)
  
• Glenturret Malt liqueur (Glenturret single malt, honey, spices)
  
• Irish Mist (aged Irish whiskey, heather and clover honey, aromatic herbs, and other spirits)
  
• Jeremiah Weed (Bourbon whiskey, orange, vanilla)
  
• Lochan Ora (Chivas, honey, herbs and spices)
  
• Murray Scottish Highland Liqueur (Scotch, honey, sloe)
  
• Old Pulteney liqueur (Old Pulteney single malt, prune, spices)
  
• Orangerie (Scotch, oranges, spices)
  
• Rock and rye (American rye whiskey, citrus, rock candy)
  
• Stag's Breath (Speyside malts and fermented comb honey)
  
• Sundakanchi (rice-based)[citation needed]
  
• Wallace Liqueur (Deanston single malt, Scottish berries, French herbs)
  
• Wild Turkey American Honey (Wild Turkey (bourbon), honey, spices)
  
• Yukon Jack (Canadian whisky, honey)

Other liqueurs

• Advocaat (egg yolks and vanilla)
  
• Aftershock (several varieties, most popular of which is cinnamon)
  
• Aurum (rum, tea, and tangerines)
  
• Baczewski
  
• Bärenjäger (honey)
  
• Campari (bitter and aromatic herbs, plants, and fruit)
  
• Cynar (artichoke and other herbs and plants)
  
• Damiana (herb of the same name)
  
• Génépi (alpine flower of the same name)
  
• Izarra (numerous herbs and other flavorings)
  
• Jumbie (rum liqueur)
  
• Licor de oro (whey, saffron and lemon peel)
  
• Kajmir (vanilla, brandy, and vodka)
  
• Patxaran (sloe berries, coffee beans, and vanilla pod)
  
• Pimento (not the peppers stuffed into olives, but Allspice. Made in Jamaica by Wray and Nephews)
  
• Qi (lapsang souchong tea, fruits, spices, and Chardonnay brandy)
  
• Qi White (orange, ginger, clove, other herbs and spices, and white tea)
  
• Rumpleminze (peppermint)
  
• Sabra liqueur (dark chocolate and Sabra oranges)
  
• Salmiakki Koskenkorva (Salmiakkikossu, salmari) (salmiakki – Originally Turkish Pepper salty licorice)
  
• Southern Comfort (neutral grain spirits with whiskey, peach, orange and spice flavorings)
  
• Tsipouro
  
• St. Germain (elderflower)
  
• Tuaca (brandy, vanilla, and citrus)
  
• TY KU (Asian spirit base (sake and soju), with yuzu, honeydew, mangosteen, green tea, wolfberry, and ginseng)
  
• Vana Tallinn (rum, citrus oil, vanilla, cinnamon, and other spices)
  
• Voyant Chai Cream (a chai-flavoured liqueur containing oak-aged rum, cream, black tea, vanilla, and spices)
  
• Y Chilli (cinnamon, chili peppers, and other ingredients)