WHAT'S YOUR TIPPLE? 'What's Your Tipple?' is a trip around some of the less well known tipples that may grace the bar or restaurant that you may next frequent, but you've always been too shy to try them! Some of the drinks featured are frequently drunk on the European continent, but less so in the UK.
T o start this 'What's Your Tipple?' column we have a couple of Spanish classics, Cuarenta
y Tres and the classic Sangria which I bet you only ever bother to drink on holiday! Sangria is a great al fresco or BBQ drink...and the weaker bottled similar SANGRIA version you find in Spanish supermarkets Ingredients is Tinto de Verano ("Red Summer"). But, 3 parts red wine you can't beat making your own! 1 part orange juice 2 parts lemonade LICOR 43 ice & fresh mint Licor 43, or Cuarenta y sliced fruit such as oranges and lemons Tres (Spanish "43"), is a Spanish liqueur. It is Method made from citrus and 1. Mix all the ingredients together in a fruit juices, flavored large jug and add more red wine, orange with vanilla and other juice or lemonade according to taste and aromatic herbs and desired strength. spices, and consisting 2. Pour into glasses, garnish with mint of a total 43 different sprigs and fruit. Serve chilled ingredients (hence the name). It is 31% abv/ 62 proof and is a light bodied, sweet liqueur. In color it is yellow tinged with a touch of gold. The aroma is sharp, warm, and complex, with vanilla up front; and then tangy sweet fruit, spices, and an aged rum-like presence. The flavor is similar to the aroma; vanilla, complex intermixed spices, tangy fruits, and hints of citrus, carried by a flavor similar to aged rum. I drink it on the rocks but it can be used to create cocktails too!
