Alcoholic Drinks

All of the solutions are alcoholic drinks, split into common and uncommon terms. See how many you can solve. Hover over the respective black box for the answer and definition. For a comprehensive list of cricket words compiled by David Sutton see the ABSP site.

Common

	MANHATTAN a kind of cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.
	CHARDONNAY a type of grape, orig. from the Burgundy region of France.
	SANGRIA a Spanish wine punch.
	COCKTAIL a beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened; (verb) to dock a horse's tail.
	ALCOPOP an alcoholic drink tasting like soft drink.
	VODKA an alcoholic drink originating in Russia, made from grain, potatoes etc.
	FIREWATER strong alcoholic spirits.
	APERITIF a drink taken as an appetiser.
	SPUMANTE a sparkling white wine.
	MARTINI a type of vermouth. Also, a cocktail consisting of gin and dry vermouth, sometimes with the addition of orange bitters.
	RIOJA a Spanish red wine.
	BOURBON a kind of whisky.
	SCREWDRIVER a kind of cocktail made from vodka and orange.
	HOOCH (hootch) whisky or any strong liquor, esp. if illicitly acquired.
	RIESLING a type of grape grown esp. in Germany; a dry white table wine produced from this.
	PILSNER (pilsener) a light-coloured flavoursome variety of lager.

Uncommon

	CATAWBA a light red variety of American grape; a rd wine made from it. [From the Catawba, a river in the Carolinas, USA].
	BUCELLAS a white wine from Bucellas near Lisbon. Pl. BUCELLASES.
	USQUEBAUGH (usquabae usque usquebae) Irish & Scots for whiskey.
	MOCKTAIL a cocktail without alcohol.
	REGMAKER a drink taken to relieve the effects of a hangover.
	SPATLESE a sweet white wine made from grapes harvested after the main vintage. Pl. SPATLESES or SPATLESEN.
	GEROPIGA (jerepigo) a port substitute, consisting mainly of grape juice and brandy. [Port. jeropiga].
	BEESWING a crust found on old bottled port.
	WITBLITS a strong home-distilled alcoholic spirit. [Afr. wit, white + blits, lightning].
	CIDERKIN a kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
	SUNDOWNER an alcoholic drink taken at sunset.
	VERDELHO (a white Madeira made from) a white grape originally growing in Madeira.

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