Liqueur

Liqueur refers to alcoholic beverages and is distinguished by sweetness, as well as an extraordinary taste and aroma. It is prepared on the basis of alcoholised berry-fruit juices and infusions of fragrant herbs with slight addition of spices, spices and roots.

The commercial production of liquor dates back to the Middle Ages, when doctors, alchemists and monks tried to find the elixir of life, which, by the way, they never found. But this led to the emergence of a large number of famous liqueurs. Today, the production of this drink is developed almost everywhere, and local varieties of liquor are often listed in guidebooks to attract tourists more.

Liquor is consumed both in its pure form and as part of a large number of cocktails and mixed drinks. Well combined with a variety of juices and other products, liqueur is also used to prepare various dishes. It is usually customary to serve it at the end of lunch with coffee or tea, and as a digestif.

Liquor composition

The composition of the liquor directly depends on its direct purpose. One of the most common components that are included in this alcoholic beverage are medicinal and aromatic herbs. Moreover, in today's liqueurs, they are used more to impart aroma than for drug exposure. More often than other plants, peppermint is used when preparing this drink.

But the most common element in the composition of the liquor can be safely called fruit extracts. Today, the range of fruit liqueurs is incredibly wide due to the fact that almost all types of fruits are suitable for the production of this alcoholic drink.

Old-timers among liqueurs include drinks based on coffee or cocoa. They are in constant demand, as are the now fashionable cream liqueurs consisting of egg yolks, viniac and sugar. By the way, it is precisely because of the high sugar content that the considerable calorie content of the liquor does not allow you to enjoy this drink in exorbitant quantities.

Types of liquor

Traditionally, liqueurs are usually divided into strong, dessert and cream liqueurs. Interestingly, representatives of the first type of liqueurs can "boast" a larger fortress compared, for example, with vodka.

Dessert types of liqueur differ from the rest not only in less alcohol, but also in the fact that they are served exclusively for dessert. They are made mainly from fruits, berries and fruits.

Already by the name of the cream liqueur, it is easy to guess that in consistency it is much thicker than ordinary dessert and strong alcoholic beverages. Sugar in such a liquor is quite a lot - about 50-60%, so it tastes somewhat cloying, so to speak, on an amateur.