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The sweet, dark-red syrup from cherries, water and sugar is produced by many different companies and is available nearly everywhere.

Cherry Syrup Recipe #1

Prep Time: 24 hours
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 25 hours
Ingredients:
* A piece of stick cinnamon
* 2 pounds (900 g) flavorful cherries
* Sugar

Preparation:
Crush an inch-long piece of stick cinnamon and set it to soak, covered, in a quarter cup of water (this quantity is indicative; you may want to add more).
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This fruit liqueur is made from the juice of sweet- or sour cherries and is often itself an ingredient in cherry water.

The most famous cherry liqueurs are Cherry Heering from Denmark, Luxardo from Italy or Edelkirsch from Germany.

Cherry liqueurs are among the easiest liqueurs to make at home, and it is also easy to obtain a flavor which is comparable with commercial cherry liqueurs. Homemade cherry liqueurs may be served with ice, and may also be used for making cocktails.

Cherry Liqueur Recipe #1
Ingredients:
1 lb. (450 g) sour cherries
3 cups (710 ml) vodka (or 1 1/2 cup pure grain alcohol + 1 1/2 cup water).
1 1/2 cup (350 g) sugar

Wash and check the cherries and remove stems. Place them in a jar, add vodka, cap with tight lid and mix. Stir daily during the first days, later at least once a week for 3-4 weeks.
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There is a large variety of cherry juices on the market. Just like the other juice sorts, you should always choose a quality product for your mixed drinks, though this doesn’t necessarily have to be the most expensive.

“Take 10 cherries and call me in the morning”? The day when doctors say that may not be far off.

Ongoing Scientific Research show that daily consumption of fruits can promote good quality of life and well-being in humans. For several years The Cherry Marketing Institute, a Michigan based cherry growers organization, has funded Scientific Research on the health benefits of cherries at Michigan State University (MSU). The Scientist have produced evidence to show that:
* Montmorency tart cherries are among the fruits and vegetables with the highest antioxidant value.
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This is a liqueur made of cherry juice, water, wine spirits and sugar.

Cherry brandy is a liqueur which has the taste of cherries. Brandy is a spirit which is produced by distilling wine, the wine which is first produced by means of fermenting grapes. Brandy has an alcohol content of 40%-60% by volume. Brandy is normally consumed as an after dinner drink. Brandy when made from fermentation of fruit it is called as fruit brandy and brandy when made from fermentation of cherry it is called as cherry brandy.

Cherry brandy is usually clear and it is drunk chilled. It is usually 80-90 proof. Proof is a measure of alcohol that shows the alcoholic content of an alcoholic beverage. A large number of brands are available of the cherry brandy and all of them differ a bit in their alcoholic content and taste.

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Chartreuse is a French liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks since the 1740s. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbal extracts. The liqueur is named after the Monks’ Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the Chartreuse Mountains in the general region of Grenoble in France. The liqueur is produced in a factory in the nearby town of Voiron (Isère).

Chartreuse gives its name to the color chartreuse. It is one of the handful of liquors that continues to age and improve in the bottle.

Unlike the yellow Chartreuse, the green variety of this French herb liqueur has a much spicier and stronger flavor. The recipe is based on a formula for an “elixir of life”, which an unknown alchemist in the Middle Ages first wrote down. Over the next centuries, the good monks in the monastery La Grande Chartreuse constantly refined and improved the drink (hence the name).

This mild herb liqueur traces its origins back to the monastery La Grande Chartreuse, located near the French city of Grenoble. The monks took standard brandy and added up to 130 different herbs, creating in the process an elixir which many call the “King of Liqueurs”.

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A sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of northeast France, primarily from the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. After the frst fermentation the special character of the wine is created during a second fermentation in the bottle, with the addition of sugar and yeast to create the famous bubbles. This process is called the méthode champenoise, or Champagne method, and it is the benchmark of style for sparkling wines-though the word “Champagne” can only be on wine made there. The major styles of Champagne are determined by sugar content, from the driest style Brut or Natural to Extra Dry to Demi Sec, and then the sweetest, Doux. Champagne is bottled as a vintage and nonvintage wine, the former of which must be made from no less than 80% grapes from the vintage date, and aged a minimum of 3 years.

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Celery salt is found in hangover helpers (“pick-me-ups”) and vegetable juice creations. It has quite a strong flavor, so use it sparingly!

Celery salt is a flavored salt used as a food seasoning, made from ground seeds, which may come from celery or its relative lovage. These ground seeds are mixed with salt, either table salt or sea salt.

Celery salt is an ingredient of the Bloody Mary cocktail and the Caesar cocktail. It is also commonly used to season the famous Chicago-style hot dog, the New York System wiener, salads, and stews. It can also be used to liven up a coleslaw. It is a primary ingredient in Old Bay brand seasoning.

You can buy celery juice in a health food store, or make it yourself from fresh celery. It’s not used very often by bartenders – at the most in rather strange vegetable juice mixes.

Celery juice is highly nutritious and one of the most hydrating foods we can put in our bodies. Because it is incredibly alkalizing, it equalizes the body’s PH, which is vital for peak health. In ancient times, it was considered a medicinal herb used to treat a variety of health complaints. The minerals and vitamins and nutrients are in perfect harmony with each other. Celery leaves are high in vitamin A, whilst the stems are an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, B6 and C and dense in potassium, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium and essential amino acids.

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Carrot juice is not a traditional bar ingredient, though it is finding its place in mostly non-alchoholic mixtures of different vegetable juices.

Carrot juice is juice produced from carrots, often consumed as a health drink. Carrot juice has a particularly high content of β-carotene, a source of vitamin A, but it is also high in B complex vitamins like folate, and many minerals including calcium, copper, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, and iron. A pound (454 g) of carrots will yield about a cup (236 ml, US, or 284 ml, Imperial) of juice, which is a low yield compared to fruits like apples and oranges. However, carrot pulp is very tough; the main difficulty in juicing carrots is in separating the pulp from the juice.

Carrot juice has a uniquely sweet flavour of concentrated carrots. Unlike many juices it is opaque.

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Canadian whisky is a type of whisky produced in Canada. Of all the different types of whisky, the Canadian variety has the gentlest, mildest taste.

The main ingredients, as with the American bourbon, are mainly rye and corn. The double-distilled Canadian whisky is stored in casks of fresh oak, which gives it a very light color. This makes it ideal for mixed drinks.

Canada has been making distilled spirits for over two centuries according to Canadian Distillers Association. The first Canadian distillery was opened in Quebec City in 1769. By the 1840s, there were over 200 distilleries in Canada.

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