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To: null and void; Lady Jag; grannie9; Darlin'; sweetliberty; Sundog; nicmarlo; EsmeraldaA; ...
I have just got back from a late birthday lunch with my SIL. He says he has killed two birds with one stone. A present for me and the empty bottle as a present for his wife. It will make a good oil container for the kitchen.

I like his way of thinking.

I know it is not a yacht - but wait until the big 80.


Orujo Natural

Orujo is a liquor obtained from the distillation of the pomace (solid remains left after pressing) of the grape. It is a transparent spirit with an alcohol content over 50% (100º proof). Its name comes from the expression "aguardiente de orujo" (pomace eau-de-vie).

Galicia is not known for great wine except for the white wine, Albariños from the Rías Baixas. But it is famous for its Orujo which we call Aguardiente, that we all have in our coffee after lunch. Aguardiente is strong, so they normally mix it with herbal extracts to make a softer liquor which is yellow and quite palatable for sale to the rest of Spain.

We, in the American Club, gave a couple of bottles of the legal stuff to the American Ambassador and some to his staff when he visited us.

You will notice mine has a tax label on it - which is unusual, as most Aguardiente that is drunk here is in unlabeled bottles of various sizes and makes. Though they do have the legal stuff to sell to tourists at inflated prices. My BIL has his gardener, who owns a still, make it from his own grapes.

You see Darling' we also have our own Moonshiners.

2,922 posted on 12/29/2007 8:53:27 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu

liquor = Liqueur


2,923 posted on 12/29/2007 9:04:48 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: Cardhu
Hope you had a great birthday, Cardy.

I'll be heading back to Arkansas tomorrow. I expect I'll be down at sis and her boyfriend's bar tonight. Got some unfinished business from the other night. Still gotta take them their Christmas present, too. I'm ready to get back home though. Got some unfinished business there, too....and another week of vacation!

2,924 posted on 12/29/2007 9:26:55 AM PST by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: Cardhu

Ever have absinthe?


2,929 posted on 12/29/2007 11:35:26 AM PST by Lady Jag (Fall seven times, stand up eight)
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To: Cardhu

Ack!
Tacks label!
(I know.. I know..)


2,993 posted on 12/30/2007 12:05:08 PM PST by Darksheare (Cannibal Soup, a meal within yourself.)
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To: Cardhu
"You see Darling' we also have our own Moonshiners."

Cardy, just because we have "moonshiners" it doesn't mean we actually drink that stuff LOL

2,998 posted on 12/30/2007 1:04:23 PM PST by Darlin' (oh.... phooey.... lost my tagline.... again)
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