Galliano™: The most popular Italian anise based liqueur. Other ingredients include licorice, vanilla and 80 other secret herbs, roots, berries and alpine flowers. It is yellow in color and packaged in a very distinctive, conical bottle to 35% alcohol.

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Gammel:  A popular Danish type of bitters, containing cardamon. See Bitters

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Garnier™ A popular brand of French liqueurs.

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G. E. Massenez™:  One of the most popular French brands of eau de vie. See Eau de Vie

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Gelatin  Thickener containing marrow from cows, used in baking

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Genever: The Dutch term for a pungent smelling gin distilled from barley, rye and corn and flavored with juniper berries. Genever may be smooth, sweet and mild or harsh, dry and flavorful. See Gin

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Geniévre:  The French term for gin, although nowadays everybody calls it gin. See Gin

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Gentiane™:  A popular French brand of gentian liqueur. See Gentian Liqueur

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Gentian Liqueur:  A group of dry, bitter liqueurs made by steeping gentian root ( a wild, mountain Alpian plant) or essence in a wine or distillate base. It is usually bottled at a moderately low 16-18% alcohol strength. See Bitters

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Gentleman   Brand name of an American Bourbon whiskey, 40 per cent alcohol by volume

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George Dickel™ One of the most popular brands of Tennessee whiskey. See Whiskey, Tennessee.

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Gin: Gin is one of the five essential spirits (along with rum, brandy, whiskey and vodka) that is usually found in a proper bar. Gin is distilled from a neutral grain and strongly flavored with juniper berries usually with some other spices that may include one or more of the following: lemon peel, orange peel, coriander seeds, caraway seeds, orris (iris) root, angelica, licorice, fennel seed, anise seed, almonds, cubeb berries, cardamom seeds, grains of paradise and/or cassia bark . Unlike liqueurs, where flavorings are added to the distilled spirit, gin is made by re-distilling the spirit with the flavorings, either with the flavoring ingredients in the still, or by passing the vapor through the flavoring agents during distillation. Gins are usually bottled at 40% alcohol. There are two main styles of gin: English Gin (which can be further subdivided into:

Dry Gin

English Gin

London Gin

Genever

Also see Kummel , Goldwasser, Aquavit.  See Liquor Quik Products

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Gilbey’s™:  One of the most popular brands of London dry gin. See London Dry Gin

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Gin, Dry: A very strongly flavored and usually very dry gin. Also See Gin   See Liquor Quik Products

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Gin, English Dry: A strongly flavored, dry gin with a subtle bouquet.  See Gin

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Gin, London: A very smooth and often sweeter, multi-flavored gin. Also See Gin

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Gin, London Dry: A strongly flavored, neutral dry gin. See Gin

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Ginger  Root-stock of a tropical plant used in cookery, medicine or sugared and eaten as a sweet

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Ginger Ale  In Britain it's a non-alcoholic fizzy drink flavored with ginger or essence of ginger and colored with caramel. In North America it's a non-alcoholic, lemon-flavored fizzy drink

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Ginger Beer  A drink made by the fermentation of root ginger, sugar, water and yeast with a very low alcohol content

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Ginger Brandy   A ginger-flavored brandy

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Ginger Liqueur:  An Australian and Asian liqueur made from neutral grain distillate and candied ginger.

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Ginger Wine  A wine with a grape base to which ginger, spices, herbs and fruits have been added

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Glayva™:  A very popular Scotch liqueur made near Edinburgh. See Scotch Liqueur

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Glenkinchie™:  One of the most popular of the Lowland styles of Scotch whisky. See Lowland Whisky

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Glenlivet™, The:  One of the most popular brands of blended Scotch whisky, noted for its light, delicate bouquet. See Scotch Whisky and See Blended Whiskey

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Godiva Liqueur It is a chocolate liqueur available in white or dark chocolate. 17 per alcohol per volume

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Gold Puerto Rican Rum Gold rum originating from Puerto Rico

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Gold Rum A type of rum, with a strong flavours and a certain sweetness

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Gold Sambuca A type of Sambuca

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Golden Pear  Golden Pear liqueur is a imitation pear liqueur from Hungary (60 proof).

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Goldenbarr Chocolate Vodka  A chocolate flavored vodka imported from Ukraine. Made from a secret recipe, Goldenbarr has the smoothness, flavor, and delicate aroma of chocolate. It is 80 proof

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Goldschlager  It is a cinnamon schnapps liqueur with 24k gold flakes floating in the bottle. Made in Switzerland and 40 per cent alcohol by volume

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Goldwasser  A clear herb-flavored liqueur with pieces of gold leaf in it. The original was made by the firm of Danziger and has a flavours of aniseed & caraway they also made a Silverwasser with flakes of silver in the bottle

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Gomme Syrup  A type of syrup used to sweeten cocktails (non-alcoholic)

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Grand Marnier  A cognac based liqueur flavored with orange peel. You can find two versions of Grand Marnier: the high quality Cordon Rouge (see Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge) and the Cordon Jaune (lower quality, and lower alcohol content).

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Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge  A cognac-based orange liqueur, enjoys an exclusive and inimitable status worldwide. The cognac used in production is aged at Chateau de Bourg, in the heart of the Charente region (France). Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge is actually produced at Neauphle-le-Chateau. After lengthy maceration followed by distillation, the orange peels yield a flavored spirit that, when carefully proportioned and blended with the cognac and sugar syrup, will produce Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge. Subsequently, successive heating and cooling processes produce the constants necessary for stabilizing the degree of alcohol wherever the final destination of the product (hot or cold climates). Last but not least, prior to bottling, Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge is aged in oak casks and is carefully filtered several times

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Grant’s™, William: One of the most popular brands of blended Scotch whisky, noted for its light, fresh taste. See Scotch Whisky and See Blended Whiskey

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Grappa  1. The name of an Italian brandy made from the stalks of grapes. It can be found in 4 main categories: Young, aged, aromatic and flavored (of course numerous variations exist in these categories). 2. A liquor distilled from cane sugar, flavored with aniseed and made in South America

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Green Chartreuse  The Green Chartreuse is the only green liqueur in the world with a completely natural color. It is powerful and different. Only three brothers know the names of the 130 plants and how to blend and to distill them. They are also the only ones who know which plants they have to macerate to produce the green and yellow colors. And they alone supervise the low aging in oak casks. The ingredients found in the Green Chartreuse are alcohol, sugar, 130 plants and flowers. Alcohol content : 55% (110° proof US).

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Green Creme de Menthe  A green peppermint-flavored liqueur; 30 per cent alcohol by volume  See Liquor Quik Products  See Liquor Quik Essences - Crème de Menthe

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G. Miclo™:  A popular French brand of eau de vie. See Eau de Vie

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Godet™: The most popular brand of Belgian white chocolate liqueur. See Chocolate White Chocolate Liqueur

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Goldschlager™:  The most popular German brand of Goldwasser, flavored with cinnamon. See Goldwasser

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Goldwasser: A colorless herbal elixir distilled from grain alcohol and flavored with either aniseed, caraway seeds, cinnamon or citrus fruits. Its unique name is derived from the gold leaf flakes than float in the bottle (originally included to prevent illnesses). Its origins date back to the 13th century and it is usually bottled at 40% alcohol. See Kummel , See Aquavit , See Gin

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Gordon’s™: One of the most popular brands of London dry gin. See London Dry Gin

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Graham’s™: One of the world’s best known fine port producers. See Port

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Grain Alcohol:  Any high alcohol (usually above 30%) flavorless or neutral spirit distilled from grain.

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Grand Marnier™: The most popular brand of orange brandy in the world, French or otherwise. See Orange Brandy See Liquor Quik essences "Orange Brandy"

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Grape Distillate: The common Anglophone term for marc or grappa brandy, distilled from pomace (pressed grape skins and stems). See Marc

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Grappa: The Italian and Californian term for marc grape distillate. See Marc

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Great White™ A popular Canadian grain distillate. See Grain Alcohol

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Grenadine: The most widely used cocktail syrup in the world. Grenadine is made from the pomegranate fruit and is the essential ingredient in hundreds of popular drinks.

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Guinness  A very famous stout coming from Ireland

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