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Aguardiente is the Spanish generic name for alcoholic drinks between 29 and 45 percent alcohol, meaning "fiery water", or, literally "burning water" ^[1] (as it "burns" the throat of the drinker). It is also produced in Portugal with the name Aguardente.

In Mexico and Colombia, Aguardiente is derived from sugar cane. Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...

In Chile, aguardiente is an alcoholic beverage of 45 percent and over of alcohol content per volume. It is made by distilling the grape residue primarily the skins and pulp (orujo) plus the stems (escobajos) and seeds left over from winemaking (vendimia) after pressing the grapes. It is used to make several other flavored licors like the 'Murtado' o 'Enmurtillado' (using sun dried 'murtilla', an orange-redish wild rose fruit), the 'Enguindado' (soaking sun dried morello cherries). Also are used dry mint, peeled walnuts, almonds and other aromatic herbs to flavor the aguardiente. It is mainly consumed by itself, or as base to make Cola de mono. Winemakers often use carboys like these to ferment smaller quantities of wine Winemaking, or vinification, is the process of wine production, from the selection of grapes to the bottling of finished wine. ... Cola de mono or monkeys tail is a Chilean drink made of aguardiente liqueur, milk, coffee, and flavored with vanilla and cloves. ...

Aguardiente from Colombia

In Colombia, Aguardiente is an anise-flavoured liqueur derived from sugar cane, popular in the Andean region. Each department holds the rights to produce it, but aguardiente produced in one region can be sold in another. By adding different amounts of aniseed, different flavours are obtained, leading to extensive marketing and fierce competition between brands. Aguardiente has a 29% alcohol content. Other anise-flavoured liqueurs similar to aguardiente but with a lower alcohol content are also sold. Aguardiente has become the most popular alcoholic beverage in all of Colombia, each department or region has its own aguardiente. Pimpinella species, but the name anise is frequently applied to Fennel. ... Bottles of strawberry liqueur A liqueur is a sweet alcoholic beverage, often flavoured with fruits, herbs, spices, flowers, seeds, roots, plants, barks, and sometimes cream. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ...

Colombians drink it straight in shots, and it's unusual to drink it in cocktails. Motto: Capital MedellÃn Governor Area 63,612 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 5,750,478 90 people/kmÂ² Adjective antioqueÃ±o Antioquia was one of the states in the original United States of Colombia, and is now a department in the northwest part of the Republic of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Tunja Governor Jorge Eduardo LondoÃ±o Area 23,189 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 1,411,239 61 people/kmÂ² Adjective Boyaca (Spanish: BoyacÃ¡) is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. BoyacÃ¡ is centrally located within Colombia, almost... Motto: Capital Manizales Governor Area 7,291 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 1,170,187 160 people/kmÂ² Adjective Caldas is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital QuibdÃ³ Governor Area 46,530 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 413,173 8,9 people/kmÂ² Adjective chocoano ChocÃ³ is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital BogotÃ¡ Governor Area 22,623 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 2,349,578 104 people/kmÂ² Adjective Cundinamarca is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. // The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived... Motto: Capital Neiva Governor Area 19,890 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 994,218 50 people/kmÂ² Adjective huilense Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Villavicencio Governor Area 85,635 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 771,089 9 people/kmÂ² Adjective The Meta is a department of Colombia. ... Galeras is a volcano in Colombia, near the city of Pasto. ... NariÃ±o is a department of Colombia named after Antonio NariÃ±o. ... Motto: Joven Rico y Poderoso Capital Armenia Governor Area 1,845 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 613,375 332 people/kmÂ² Adjective quindiano QuindÃo is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Santandereanos siempre adelante (Spanish: People of Santander always ahead) Anthem: Himno de Santander Santander shown in red Established May 13, 1857 Region Andes Region Capital Bucaramanga Number of Provinces 8 Number of Municipalities 87 Governor - Governors Political Party Hugo Heliodoro Aguilar Naranjo Civic Peoples Convergence Area Total... Motto: Capital IbaguÃ© Governor Area 23,562 kmÂ² Population - Total (2003) - Density 1,312,972 204 people/kmÂ² Adjective tolimense Tolima is a department of Colombia. ... Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. ...

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// AÃ§aÃ na tigela AcarajÃ© Ãgua-de-coco Americano (sandwich) Angu (dish) Arroz Ã grega Arroz branco Arroz e feijÃ£o Arroz de carreteiro Arroz doce Barreado BobÃ³ de camarao Bolo de rolo Bolo Sousa Leao Brigadeiro (also called negrinho) Bauru (sandwiches on plates that go into your mouth) Cajuzinho Chambarril... Brand of artisanal cachaÃ§a in Brazil. ...

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Categories: Mexican drinks | Mexican liquor | Colombian cuisine | Anise liqueurs and spirits | Drink stubs Various distilled beverages in a Spanish bar A distilled beverage is a liquid preparation meant for consumption containing ethyl alcohol (ethanol) purified by distillation from a fermented substance such as fruit, vegetables, or grain. ... Various brands of tequila Tequila is a spirit made primarily in the area surrounding Tequila (show on map), a town in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, 65 km northwest of Guadalajara and in the highlands of Jalisco, 65 km east of Guadalajara. ... A bottle of Mexican Mezcal bought in Cancun. ... The Amaretto Disaronno square bottle The term amaretto refers to a sweet liqueur made from a basic infusion of almonds or the almond-like kernels from the stones of drupe fruits, well as a related biscotto[1] (usually referred to in the plural, biscotti). ... A reservoir glass filled with a naturally colored verte next to an absinthe spoon. ... Arak Rayan. ... A small souvenir bottle of ouzo Ouzo (Î¿ÏÎ¶Î¿) is a Greek anise-flavored liqueur that is widely consumed in Greece. ... RakÄ± becomes cloudy white, when mixed with water. ... A glass of diluted pastis French pastis Pastis is an anise-flavored liqueur and apÃ©ritif from France, typically containing 40-45% alcohol by volume, although there exist alcohol-free varieties. ... Sambuca is an anise-flavoured, usually colourless liqueur. ... Apfelwein Apfelwein (German, apple wine) is the German form of cider, produced from apples. ... Applejack is a strong alcoholic beverage produced from apples, originating from the American colonial period. ... A bottle of calvados Pays DAuge Calvados is an apple brandy from the French rÃ©gion of Lower Normandy. ... An independent bottling of Royal Brackla Single Malt Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. ... Irish Whiskeys Irish whiskey is a grain whiskey made in Ireland. ... Whisky production in Japan began around 1870, but the first commercial production was in 1923, when the countrys first distilleryâ€”Yamazakiâ€”opened. ... Arrack refers to strong spirits distilled mainly in South and South East Asia from fermented fruits, grains, sugarcane, or the sap of coconuts or other palm trees. ... Bourbon bottle, 19th century Bourbon is an American form of whiskey made from (pursuant to U.S. trade law) at least 51% corn, or maize, (typically about 70%) with the remainder being wheat and/or rye, and malted barley. ... Corn whiskey is an American whiskey made from a mash made up of at least 80 percent maize, or corn. ... Tennessee whiskey is a type of American whiskey. ... Advocaat Advocaat is a rich and creamy Dutch liqueur made from a blend of egg yolks, aromatic spirits, sugar (or honey), brandy, vanilla and sometimes cream (or evaporated milk), too. ... 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A traditional bottle of slivovitz, plum rakia Croatian Sljivovica and Slovenian Slivovka, two different names for the same drink, a plum rakia Rakia or Rakija (Bulgarian: , Croatian and Bosnian (rakija), Albanian: , Macedonian and Serbian: , Slovenian: , Romanian: ) is hard liquor similar to brandy, made by distillation of fermented fruits, popular throughout... Schnapps is a type of distilled beverage. ... A bottle of apricot Hungarian PÃ¡linka. ... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka is one of the worlds most consumed distilled beverages. ... Whisky, or whiskey, refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from fermented grain mash and aged in wooden casks (generally oak). ... BÃ¤renjÃ¤ger is a honey-flavoured liqueur based on vodka, made by Teucke & KÃ¶nig in Germany. ... 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Tsikoudia or raki is a grape-based spirit from the island of Crete (Greece), made from the distillation of pomace, i. ... Tsipouro (Greek: Î¤ÏƒÎ¯Ï€Î¿Ï…ÏÎ¿) is a distilled alcoholic beverage, more precisely a pomace brandy, from Greece and in particular Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia, and the island of Crete, where the same spirit with a stronger aroma is known as tsikoudia. ... A traditional bottle of slivovitz, plum rakia Croatian Sljivovica and Slovenian Slivovka, two different names for the same drink, a plum rakia Rakia or Rakija (Bulgarian: , Croatian and Bosnian (rakija), Albanian: , Macedonian and Serbian: , Slovenian: , Romanian: ) is hard liquor similar to brandy, made by distillation of fermented fruits, popular throughout... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka is one of the worlds most consumed distilled beverages. ... A bottle and glass of Linie brand akvavit. ... BrennivÃn is an Icelandic schnapps, considered the countrys signature alcoholic beverage. ... The snaps is a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage taken during the course of a meal, very much alike the German schnapps. ... Baijiu (Chinese: ç™½é…’; pinyin: ) or Shaojiu is potent Chinese alcohol. ... Kaoliang jiu (literally sorghum liquor; often called simply kaoliang) is a strong distilled liquor, made from fermented sorghum (which is called gaoliang in Chinese). ... Rice baijiu (Chinese: ç±³ç™½é…’; pinyin: mÇbÃ¡ijiÇ”), also known as rice fragrance baijiu (ç±³é¦™åž‹ç™½é…’), is a variety of distilled beverage popular in China. ... Soju is an alcoholic beverage with origins in Korea. ... Awamori (æ³¡ç››) is an alcoholic beverage indigenous to and unique to Okinawa, Japan. ... Rye whiskey describes two types of whiskies, theoretically distilled from rye. ... Caribbean rum, circa 1941 Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. ... CachaÃ§a Java, from Salinas-MG, Brazil CachaÃ§a (IPA: ) is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. ... Falernum is a sweet syrup used in Tropical and Caribbean drinks. ... Guaro is the popular name for the Larenses, inhabitants of Lara State, in central west Venezuela. ... Seco Herrerano is considered the national alcoholic beverage of Panama. ... Schnapps is a type of distilled beverage. ... ShÅchÅ« ) is a distilled alcoholic beverage popular in Japan. ... Canadian whisky is whisky made in Canada; by law it must be aged there at least three years in a barrel. ... In scuba diving, the word cocktail also means a hazard with diving with some rebreathers: it means a caustic solution resulting from water reaching and dissolving the absorbent. ... 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