Talk:Liqueur

message: The second sentence "Liqueurs are also known as cordials in the United Kingdom and Australia.
" contradicts to what is said in the article "cordials". Which one is right?
I have only ever heard cordial refer to none-alchoholic drinks (fruit cordial, etc). Darksun 09:54, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: After having gone over some old German and French liqueur handbooks, I'm beginning to believe that 'ratafia' indicates (or at least indicated) a liqueur manufactured without the use of distillation. Some of these ratafia recipes are very similar to fortified wines (a.k.a. liqueur wines) in that alcohol is added to a fruit juice (along with extra sugar for taste), without any further processing. Athulin (talk) 21:28, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

text: I'm surprised this discussion hasn't been updated since 2007, but I also was instantly dubious of the "...all treaties in the middle ages..." claim. I'm not a regular wikipedia editor, but I'm posting this in hope it may draw some attention through the update logs. This seems like it either needs more detailed citation/verification than an ISBN number, or it needs to be culled. - Random Drunk, 16:00, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting statements about meaning of "cordial" 

message: All liqueur enthusiasts, please vote here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qi (spirit).  Thank you,  Badagnani 07:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion vote 

message: How do you correctly pronounce "liqueur"?  Does it sound any different than "liquor"?--Crucible Guardian 00:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've usually heard it pronounced "lih-KOOR," as opposed to "LIH-ker." --Masamage 00:43, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In the UK I've heard it pronounced "lih-KYOOR" or sometimes "lih-KER". 217.155.116.125 13:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh, looks like we're both right. --Masamage 18:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

text:  "li-kyoor" with second syllable pronounced like the word "cure" Angryafghan 22:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: pronunciation

message: The article is slightly disorganised. I suggest someone puts in headings e.g. 'Teminolory', 'History', 'Types of liqueur', 'Uses' and reorganises it a bit. 217.155.116.125 13:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Headings

message: No, I don't think that this article should be merged with cordial, as they are different species. --Bob 23:33, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is cordial a type of liqueur?  The reason for the proposed merge is that I don't see much of a difference between the two.  (I should admit that I drink neither.)  Thanks, GChriss 05:33, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe alcoholic cordials (that I've never heard of) are called liquers, but non-alcoholoc cordials themselves are more ubiquitous, and are not called liquers. --Bob 18:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I found this page helpful.  I'm still not sure what recommendation to provide -- there seems to be significant regional differences.  Thanks, GChriss 20:44, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

text: In that case, IMO no merge should take place, but a link to liquer be placed at the top of the cordial article to placate the American audience. --Bob 00:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, done for both pages.  Feel free to tweak. Thanks, GChriss 03:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge tag

message: I've noticed a recent trend in bars involving candy or chocolate based 'liqueurs'. I'm not sure how you would classify them (i.e. whether they classify as liqueurs). They seem to be referred to mostly as infused vodkas, lolly infusions, or the name of the candy followed by the word vodka (eg. Skittles Vodka), or simply as the name of the candy (eg. Redskins).  I'm also not aware of any that are mass produced or distributed. It seems that bar tenders usually make their own, whilst they can also be made at home.
Some examples are: 
*| Redskins: made by disolving Allen's Redskins (raspberry flavoured candy) in vodka.
*| Skittles: made by disolving individual colours of Skittles in vodka. The result is then decantered through filter paper to remove a kind of gum that forms, prior to bottling.
*| Mars Bar: made by disolving Mars Bars in vodka.
I've also heard of using other lollies like Milkos, Toffee Apples (which are similar to Redskins, only a different flavour), musk sticks, and a few other kinds of candy.
I'm just interested in what you guys think. I'm not sure that these are notable enough to include on List of liqueurs page, but may be notable enough to be mentioned briefly as a trend in this article. More research is likely to be needed. I'm not sure how widespread this trend is, though it seems pretty prominent in Australia.
As it is more of a popular culture thing most of the online references I've found have been blogs and discussion boards. You made need to use ctrl+f to find the references on the pages.
http://forums.vogue.com.au/showthread.php?p=3273532 - Redskins, Toffee Apples, Jelly Beans, Jelly Babies.
http://www.teknoscape.com.au/forums/printthread.php?t=22974 - Musk sticks, Fruit tingles, Redskins, Skittles.
http://aaron.blogdns.org/?page_id=116 - Redskins.
http://aaron.blogdns.org/?page_id=100 - Skittles.
http://www.glenferriehotel.com.au/entertainment.html - A bar selling Redskins.
http://www.zacharyssydney.com.au/drink.asp - Bar selling a cocktail using their own Redskin infused vodka.
Tinkstar1985 06:55, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Candy based liqueur trend 

message: See Talk:List of liqueurs, and comment there if you wish. Badagnani (talk) 02:26, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of references from [[List of liqueurs]] 

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message: This is pure bollocks: "In some areas of the United States and Canada, liqueurs are referred to as cordials or schnapps."  Cordials and schnapps are  liqueurs, as are apéritifs and digestifs, and various other sorts. This has nothing to do with US and Canadian English; you're more likely to encounter many of these terms in the UK than in NAm, and they're all French except schnapps, which is German.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  21:07, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: But cordial is fruit concentrate to most people i thought Cloaker416 (talk) 00:23, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm. I see that Squash (drink) is sometimes referred to as cordial as a mass-noun in British English.  Maybe that particular term should be clarified here. But the idea that schnapps is a generic NAm term for liqueur is clearly nonsense, and the article needs sections on liqueur types (WP:SUMMARYSTYLE for the most part, since we already have articles like Schnapps and Apéritif and digestif to link to with  in the summary sections.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  15:43, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added more info on the different usages. Lenina Libera (talk) 17:17, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense in lead