Liqueur

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A liqueur is a spirit that's been sweetened and flavored, and that's the whole definition. In the US it has to carry at least 2.5% sugar by weight, and most carry far more. Beyond that, the category covers almost anything: cream, coffee, nut, herbal, fruit, even chili. It's the most varied shelf in the shop, which makes it the hardest to browse, so this page is organized around what each kind of liqueur is actually for. We carry around 100 bottles, most of them between $18 and $40. We ship to most states, with an adult 21 or older required to sign at delivery. Liqueur or Liquor The words are one letter apart and people swap them constantly. Liquor is any distilled spirit: whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, tequila. Liqueur is a liquor that's had sugar and flavoring added after distillation, which usually brings the alcohol down to somewhere between 15% and 40%. Every liqueur starts as a liquor. Very few liquors are liqueurs. The practical difference is how you use them. Liquor is the base of a drink. Liqueur is usually the modifier, the thing that adds sweetness, body or a specific flavor, which is why most cocktail recipes call for an ounce or less of it. Shop Liqueur by Style Cream liqueurs. A spirit blended with dairy cream and sugar. Baileys invented the category and still owns it, and Baileys Original is the default. Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream does the same thing on a bourbon base and has a following of its own, with more like it in bourbon cream . RumChata Coconut , Disaronno Velvet and Tequila Rose run the same idea through rum, amaretto and tequila. Coffee liqueurs. Kahlúa is the sweet, familiar one and the reason the Espresso Martini and White Russian exist as we know them. Mr. Black is built on cold brew and is noticeably drier and more bitter, which makes it the better choice if you actually like coffee. Grind Espresso Caramel sits at the sweet end. Our guide to the best coffee liqueur goes further. Nut and dessert. Disaronno is the amaretto most people know, tho