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The Italian drink Pallini Mistra, named after the Greek city of Mystras in the Peloponnese is a version of ouzo made in Rome that closely resembles Greek and Cypriot ouzo. In Bulgaria and North Macedonia, the similar beverage is called mastika ( Macedonian : Мастика / Bulgarian : Мастика ), a name that is shared by the distinct ...
This is a list of national liquors.A national liquor is a distilled alcoholic beverage considered standard and respected in a given country. While the status of many such drinks may be informal, there is usually a consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in a given nation.
Arak is very similar to other anise-based spirits, including the Turkish rakı and the Greek ouzo, [2] [6] the Greek tsikoudia, [3] the Italian sambuca and anisette, the Bulgarian and Macedonian mastika, and the Spanish anis. [6] However, it is unrelated to the similarly named arrack, a sugarcane-based Indonesia liquor. [2]
High concentration of alcohol; Crystallization and colour changing when mixed with other liquids (ouzo effect) Varieties include: Absinthe, a drink popular throughout Europe; Aguardiente (only Colombian Aguardiente) Anis, popular in Spain. Two varieties: "seco" or dry and "dulce" which is more sweet.
Fino sherry is a classic apéritif.. An apéritif is an alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite, and is usually dry rather than sweet.. Common choices for an apéritif are vermouth; champagne; pastis; gin; ouzo; fino; amontillado or other styles of dry sherry (but not usually cream or oloroso blended sherry, which is very sweet and
Estrella Damm (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtɾeʎa ˈðan]) is a lager beer brewed in Barcelona, Spain.It has existed since 1876, when August Küntzmann Damm founded his brewery in Barcelona, and is the flagship beer of S.A. Damm, a prominent brewery in the city.
Fernet is commonly mixed with Coca-Cola, a mixed drink known as fernet con coca (Spanish for "fernet and Coke") or fernando. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] While long available, the drink became much more popular in the mid-1980s, encouraged by advertisements of Fratelli Branca in TV stations with national scope, [ 10 ] its popularity growing steadily ever since ...
For the anise-flavored version of Mastiha you have to explain that there are non-anise flavored versions of it that are much more common. Have also noticed that there is a drink called "Mastiha Ouzo". I am not sure if this is an anise-flavored Mastiha or Ouzo with the brand-name "Mastiha".