Liqueurs Category

This is a crème liqueur that has a vanilla flavor.

This is a crème liqueur that's flavored with violets. Crème d'Yvette = creme d'Yvette is a very sweet American brand.

Despite the name, crème liqueurs contain no cream. Instead, they're liqueurs that have been heavily sweetened and have a thick, syrupy consistency. Don't confuse them with Irish cream liqueurs, which really are made with cream.

Curaçao is an liqueur made from orange peels. It comes in blue, orange, red, green, and clear versions that all taste exactly the same. To make your own colored version, add one or two drops of food coloring to a cup of clear liqueur.

This is a syrupy Italian liqueur that's made with artichokes, giving it a bittersweet flavor. It's good mixed with club soda

This is a Scottish liqueur made with Scotch, honey, and various herbs.

This is a French apéritif made with white or red wine and flavored with quinine and other herbs and spices. The white version is drier than the red

This is a famous Italian brand of bitters that's supposed to ease hangovers. It's flavored with over 40 herbs and spices. Branca Menta is a mint-flavored version.

These liqueurs are flavored with flowers. Examples include crème de violette and crème de rose.

This is a popular brand of hazelnut liqueur.

This excellent Italian liqueur is flavored with anise and comes in a bottle that's one inch taller than your liquor cabinet. It's used to make Harvey Wallbangers and other cocktails.

This Danish liqueur is flavored with 29 herbs and spices. It's usually served at room temperature.

This Scottish liqueur is whisky-based and flavored with herbs, fruit, and honey.

This is a brand of chocolate liqueur.

This is a cinnamon schnapps with gold flakes floating in it. Imagine filling your mouth with red hots and washing them down with vodka.

This is a liqueur flavored with citrus peel, herbs, and spices. It has gold flakes floating in it.

This is a Spanish orange liqueur.

This is a fairly sweet brandy-based orange liqueur. There are two kinds: the well-regarded red, or Cordon Rouge, and the sweeter and less potent yellow, or Cordon Jaune.

A specialty of the Caribbean island of St. Martin, guavaberry liqueur is based on rum and flavored with the island's indigenous guavaberries.

This is great in coffee, on ice cream, or in cakes that use a liqueur as an ingredient. Frangelico is a well-regarded brand.

Herbal liqueurs include Chartreuse, Strega, Suze, Kümmel, Izarra, Jägermeister, Fernet Branca, and anise-flavored liqueurs.

Made in New Orleans, this anise-flavored liqueur was developed as a substitute for absinthe, which contains a narcotic and is outlawed in the United States. It's used in mixed drinks and Oysters Rockefeller.

This is made with Irish whiskey flavored with chocolate and cream. Bailey's Irish Cream is a well-known brand.

This liqueur is based on Irish whiskey, and is flavored with herbs and honey.

This is a Basque version of Chartreuse. Like its prototype, it comes in a green and a milder yellow version

This is a potent, bittersweet herbal liqueur. You can sometimes see Jägermeister bumper stickers on cars, often the kind that also sport surf shop decals.

This is a sweet liqueur based on grain alcohol and flavored with caraway seeds and cumin. Gilka Kümmel and Allasch Kümmel are well-regarded brands.

This is a liqueur flavored with kumquats.

These liqueurs are made with lemon peels and best served very cold.

This Spanish liqueur is made up of 43 ingredients, with vanilla and citrus predominant.

This is an expensive and light French apéritif made with wine and brandy. There are two versions: Lillet Blonde (white) and Lillet Rouge (red).

This excellent lemon-flavored Italian liqueur is often stored in freezers so that it can be served ice cold. It's hard to find in stores, but easy to make at home.

Liqueurs are mixtures of spirits, sweeteners, and flavorings like herbs, fruits, nuts, and flowers. They're sometimes served as after-dinner drinks, but they're more often poured on desserts or mixed into cocktails, milk, or coffee. Some cooks buy miniature bottles of liqueurs to conserve on money and cabinet space.

This liqueur is made with Scotch and flavored with honey and herbs.

This cognac-based liquor is flavored with the peels of mandarin oranges. Mandarine Napoléon is a well-regarded brand.

This is an excellent semi-dry clear liqueur that's made with sour cherries. It's made from marasca cherries, which are native to Croatia. Unrest there has made good Maraschino liqueurs hard to find in recent years. Luxardo Maraschino and Stock Maraschino are well-respected brands.

This brandy-based Greek liqueur is flavored with gum mastic.

This green Japanese liqueur has a very sweet, melon flavor.

This category includes crème de menthe and peppermint schnapps.

This American liqueur is an inexpensive Galliano wannabe.

The best (and driest) is Grand Marnier, followed by Cointreau, curaçao, and--the sweetest of them all--triple sec.

This potent, anise-flavored Greek liqueur is usually mixed into water, turning it cloudy.

The name means "perfect love" in French, and this sweet purple liqueur is flavored with citrus and spices.

La Grande Passion is a well-regarded brand.

This is a licorice-flavored liqueur that the French like to serve with water. It's higher in alcohol than anis or anisette. Popular brands include Pernod and Ricard.