Spanish Distilled Beverages - Spanish Liqueurs, Aguardiente, Queimada, Orujo, an S, Patxaran, Licor 43, Chinch N, Herbero, Cantueso, Manzana Verde (Paperback)

Chapters: Spanish Liqueurs, Aguardiente, Queimada, Orujo, An s, Patxaran, Licor 43, Chinch n, Herbero, Cantueso, Manzana Verde. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Aguardiente (Spanish), aguardente (Portuguese), augardente/ca a (Galician) or oruxu (Leonese), is the generic name for alcoholic drinks between 29 and 60 percent alcohol, meaning "firewater," or, literally "burning water" . The word itself is a compound word, combining the words for water ("agua" in Spanish, " gua" in Portuguese, or "auga" in Galician) and burning ("ardiente" in Spanish, "ardente" in Portuguese and Galician). By definition, aguardientes are strongly alcoholic beverages, obtained by fermentation and later distillation of sugared or sweet musts, vegetable macerations, or mixtures of the two. This is the most generic level; by this definition aguardientes may be made from a number of different sources. Fruit-based aguardientes include those made from oranges, grapes, bananas, or madronho. Grain-based ones may be made from millet, barley, or rice and tuber-based aguardientes from beet, manioc, or potato, and finally what are classed as "true" aguardientes from sugarcane and other sweet canes including some species of bamboo. Under this definition, many other distinct liquors could be called aguardientes, including Vodka, Sake, Pisco, and certain forms of hard Chicha. On 14 November 1996, it was concluded in analysis that Cane Aguardiente and Cacha a are similar but distinct products. Cane Aguardiente was thereafter defined in Brazil as an alcoholic beverage of between 38% and 54% alcohol by volume, obtained by simple fermentation and distillation of sugarcane that has already been used in the sugar-production process, and which has distinct flavour similar to rum. Cacha a, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=121950