Category sherry

The Quiz

April 28, 2009 · by · in bartending blog, food and beverage waiter blog, food waiter blog, food waiter blogs, hard questions, sherry, sweet liqueur, tapas, tuesday quiz, waiterextraordinaire blog · 8 Comments

The Tuesday quiz is here again. Where do the weeks go! 1. This liqueur takes it’s name from one of the whiskies mentioned in Sir Compton Mackenzie’s book ” Whiskey Galore.” It is a blend of Speyside Whiskey and fermented comb honey. What is the name of this liqueur? 2. This liqueur is produced in […]

Some Notes on Sherry

March 12, 2009 · by · in aperitifs, bartending blog, food and beverage server blog, food and beverage waiter blog, fortified wines, sherry, steve nicolle, waiter blog, waiterextraordinaire blog · 2 Comments

Last week I did some notes on Port so this week is on another fortified wine , that of sherry. Sherry is a wine that is fortified with brandy after fermentation is complete thus all sherries are dry at the beginning. A sweet sherry is a dry sherry sweetened with Pedro Ximenez or Moscatel wine. […]