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  1. 8. The most popular spirit in Brazil, distilled from fermented sugarcane syrup
  2. 10. Rich wine fortified with brandy in Portugal
  3. 13. Brandy from distilled wine in Peru and Chile
  4. 14. The most common agave, in 90% of mezcal production, and the basis of Rayu made in Oaxaca, Mexico
  5. 15. Optimal temperature for water in the detergent sink is 1__°
  6. 16. Aromatic bitters first made for medicinal use by Simón Bolívar's army in Venezuela
  7. 18. Double-distilled and fermented fruit brandy that is stored at least four years in a cask
  8. 22. Tequila aged for more than two months but less than a year
  9. 24. Aged and fortified wine from Spain in a wide range of styles
  10. 25. Number of teaspoons in a tablesploon
  11. 26. Traditionally greenish, high alcohol spirit with anise and fennel flavoring, inappropriately banned in the U.S. for non-existant hallucinogenic properties
  12. 28. Spanish wine from sun-dried grapes, fermented, fortified and aged to a sweet style
  13. 30. Classic garnish on a Brandy Alexander
  14. 32. Delicate herbal liqueur from a small, white starry flower in the French Alps
  15. 36. Medium to full bodies red wine, drier than a merlot with high tannins
  16. 38. French biettersweet aperitif, less well known than the Italian brands, a component of the Negroni Bianco
  17. 39. A liqueur flavored with allspice berries in a rum base and notes of clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper
  18. 40. Thirty milliliters in a British measurement
  19. 42. Minimum handwashing time for the Larimer County Health Department in seconds
  20. 43. Grape used in full-bodied red wines, often from France, California and Argentina
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  1. 1. Grown as an ornamental plant and used as an ingredient in the absinthe spirit where it was incorrectly blamed for psychosis and death, likely a marketing ploy by the French wine industry
  2. 2. Golden Scotch whisky liqueur sweetened with heather honey
  3. 3. Bright yellow, sweet, herbal Italian liqueur, vanilla-anise forward
  4. 4. Italian bittersweet aperitif, one of the three ingredients in a classic Negroni
  5. 5. Double-distilled, aged, only from wines in certain areas in France
  6. 6. Number of tablespoons in an ounce
  7. 7. One of the styles of Spanish fortified wines, aged until darker and nutty, but still dry and not sweet
  8. 9. Less bitter, half the alcohol, and sweeter than the other aperitif owned by the Campari Company
  9. 11. Spirit produced from distilling wine
  10. 12. Sweet, pungent, herbal liqueur made by the French Carthusian Monks, green from the last maceration of added plants, or yellow which is mild, sweeter and lower ABV without that step
  11. 13. Zesty white wine, most popular in U.S. only second to Chardonnay
  12. 17. White grape wine, traditionally from France, also in New Zealand and other areas
  13. 19. Trade name for a Quat sanitizer tablet
  14. 20. Alcoholic beverage where the starches in rice are brewed like beer rather than fermented like the sugars in fruit
  15. 21. Mexican distilled spirit made from agave plants
  16. 23. Known as red burgundy in France, light to medium bodied
  17. 27. Number of ounces in a cup
  18. 29. A style of gin in which the predominant flavor is juniper, and there is no sweetener or coloring, common in England
  19. 31. Sweet Italian liqueur with hazelnut, cocoa and vanilla in a bottle that resembles a friar
  20. 33. The Scots' version of the Irish and American whiskey
  21. 34. A flavored, aromatized, fortified wine, traditionally a sweeter red style from Italy, and a drier white from France
  22. 35. Smooth-drinking American whiskey liqueur with fruit and spice notes, abbreviation
  23. 37. Tequila aged for one to three years
  24. 41. Optimal temperature for water in the sanitizing sink is 1__°