Is liqueur just a fancy word for liquor? What’s the difference between a liqueur and a cordial? How are they made, and what the heck am I supposed to do with all of these bottles?

We go there in this episode which is all about the sweetened, flavored spirits sitting around on your liquor shelf.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) Study Guide (Society of Wine Educators), Nickles, J., (2020)

Grossman’s Guide to Wines Beers, and Spirits (7th Edition) Grossman, H., (Revised by Harriett Lembeck), (1983)

Websites:

Bar None Drinks https://www.barnonedrinks.com/drinks/by_ingredient/b/benedictine-189.html

Bénédictine https://www.benedictinedom.com/

Cornell Law School: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Title 27 Section 5.22 - The Standards of Identity (h) Class 8; cordials and liqueurs. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/5.22

Daily Beast: Lessons from the Virtual Bar, Wondrich (2020) https://www.thedailybeast.com/lessons-from-the-virtual-bar

EUR-Lex (Access to European Union Law): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008R0110

Liquor.com https://www.liquor.com/recipes/vieux-carre/

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