Southern Comfort - made with whiskey, peach, and apricot flavors, it's a smooth, easy-to-drink spirit that is perfect for beginners and tastes great in lemonade and with grenadine in an Alabama Slammer.

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Aperol - made with bitter orange, gentian, and cinchona. It has an orange taste and a slightly bitter tang. Aperol is often used in the Aperol Spritz. Pernod is a spirit with notes of anise and plants, known for its freshness and complexity. Its aniseed note comes from the star anise and is combined with a bouquet of aromatic plants.Galliano - Italian licorice and vanilla herbal liqueur that is perfect for sipping on its own or using in a Harvey Wallbanger. Perhaps the most famous instance of a liqueur in pop culture is the coffee liqueur in The Dude’s signature White Russians in the cult favorite movie, The Big Lebowski. A liqueur, simply put, is a sweetened, flavored alcohol spirit. Liqueurs are made by infusing a spirit or wine with fruits, herbs, spices, and/or flowers to attain their distinct flavor. Sloe Gin - a rich red-colored liqueur made from sloe berries (a small dark fruit related to the plum) and gin. It's sweet, fruity, delicious, and great in a Sloe Gin Fizz. Harvey Wallbanger: In this 1970s classic, orange liqueur and herbaceous-vanilla Galliano come together with vodka for something of an adult creamsicle.

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Liqueurs have been around for centuries. Descendents of herbal medicines, many first showed up in the Middle Ages in monasteries and convents across Europe. They likely originated in Italy and migrated to France, possibly via Catherine de’ Medici who brought them along with her court from Tuscany to France after marrying King Henry II in the 16th century. But it was in the Netherlands that liqueurs first took off on a commercial scale. Bols, founded in 1575, is the world’s oldest distilled-spirits brand and claims they’ve been producing liqueurs consistently since that date. Sambuca - a sweet, anise-flavored liqueur that tastes like licorice. Often enjoyed after dinner as a digestif.

This means that a liqueur will always taste sweeter than liquor spirits and will contain less alcohol. Jägermeister - made from 56 herbs and spices and created in 1935 as a digestif. Jägermeister is a dark brown liqueur with a taste reminiscent of cough syrup. It can be enjoyed in mixed drinks or in shots. Anise - a sweet, aromatic licorice-flavored liqueur that is made from aniseed and star anise. It is a popular ingredient in drinks, and can also be enjoyed on its own chilled as a digestif. Anise liqueur is often used to make the Sazerac and the Rattlesnake. Orange: This category includes liqueurs like triple sec and curaçao, and brands such as Grand Marnier, Combier and Cointreau. Bailey's Irish Creme - a delicious liqueur made with cream, whiskey, and chocolate. It's perfect for sipping on its own chilled, over ice cream or adding to your favorite Mudslides!