The types of Compound Alcoholic Beverages are :-
- Liqueurs
- Bitters
Liqueurs :- They are sweetened, flavoured and colourful alcoholic beverage. Liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from distilled spirit that has been flavoured with Fruits,herbs ,spices , flower or nut and bottled with added sugar. It is served in small quantities and has at least 2.5% sugar content and Upto 50% alcoholic content by volume. The modern commercial liqueur industry was developed in France by Marie Brizard .we can say , liqueurs are drinks prepared by mixing spirit with different fkavouring and aromatizing agents.
Liqueurs are categorized into three main base:-
1. Fruit based
2. Herb based
3. Plant and Nuts based
- Fruit based liqueur have various colour and alcohol volume ranging from 18% to 43%. They are used in making cocktails . Example- Cointreau , Triple sec , various creme de e.t.c
- Herb based liqueur have medical properties and used in cocktails . It is also available in various colour usually golden. Example- Anisette , Galliano ,creme De menthe .
- Plants and Nuts based liqueur are derived of plants usually. It have distinct flavour and significantly less alcohol by volume then fruit or herb based. Example - Bailey Irish cream , creme de cacao , kahlua , Tia Maria , Malibu.
2. BITTERS :- Bitters are Compound Alcoholic Beverages made from mixture of spirits , plants, barks , roots and aromatic agents. They are also used in cocktails and may have higher alcoholic volume. Types of Bitters are:-
- Angostura bitter :- It comes from a town in Venezuela called Angostura. It may have alcoholic volume of 43% and used in various cocktails.
- Jagermeister :- It is german made and dark brown bitter with flavour of herbs and spices. It is very popular in club .
- Campari :- It is served mixed with soda and also used in cocktail. It is Italy in origin and have light flavour of orange peel with alcoholic volume 24.5% . It also have flavour of light quinine.
- Amer picon :- It is of French origin with flavour of quinine, orange peel and herbs. It can be served with soda .
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