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Plymouth Gin: A less dry type of gin than London gin.

Poire William: A liqueur which is flavored with Williams pears.

Port: Portuguese fortified wine that may be white, ruby or tawny - white and inexpensive ruby are most appropriate for cocktails

Pousse-Cafe: A sweet, multilayered after-dinner drink. Success in making it depends upon keeping each layer seperate and distinct from the others-a neat trick. The secret is knowing the relative heavines . . . View Full Definition

Praline Liqueur: A cordial flavored to taste like buttery pecan pralines.

Pralines: A New Orleans liqueur that recreates the butter pecan/brown sugar/vanilla flavor of the traditional praline candy

Prichard: Prichards Fine Rum is sealed in new, 15-gallon charred oak casks made from the heartwood of the white oak tree

Proof: The measure of the strength of the alcohol. One degree of proof equals one-half of one percent of alcohol. I.E., 80 proof is 40% alcohol.

Prosecco: An Italian sparkling wine.

Prunella: A liqueur made from meat, plum pits, figs, and vanilla beans.

Punt E Mes: Though the product is mostly an Italian/French undertaking, the word comes to us from the German Vermutwein, meaning wormwood wine. While wormwood is indeed one of the many botanicals that g . . . View Full Definition

Quadrupel: Abbey style definition. Very strong (around 10%+ abv), chewy, dark and fruity beer

Quinquina: French, wine-based aperitif, flavoured with quinine

Quintessential: The gin is infused with the flavours and aromas of these five botanicals. The first distillation takes place with juniper, coriander and angelica and for final distillation cubebs and lime are added.

Raspberrylliqueur: A raspberry-flavored cordial, sometimes called creme de framboise.

Real Ale: Ale which is a live product at the point of delivery, i.e. Still containing live yeast. This includes both cask- and bottle-conditioned ales.

Red Army: This ultra-premium vodka bursts with the flavor of the finest grains and the smoothness of Russian know-how

Remy Martin: With the exquisite taste of Fine Champagne grapes, it is aged twice as long as required by law

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