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Recent Examples of liqueur
If whisky neat with meat isn’t your thing, try the Spirit Island cocktail (Canadian rye with sloe gin, maraschino cherry liqueur, and orange juice) with the West Coast salmon.
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Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Pour vodka, liqueur, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Try a Rum Runner, or add a splash of liqueur to ginger ale with a squeeze of lemon juice.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Unlike a liqueur, this isn’t built on syrupy sweetness.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Pour vodka, liqueur, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Try a Rum Runner, or add a splash of liqueur to ginger ale with a squeeze of lemon juice.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Unlike a liqueur, this isn’t built on syrupy sweetness.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liqueur
Noun
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There are also spooky drinks like the Wake the Dead, Weiss' take on an espresso martini, made with vodka, espresso and warm spices.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Both are refreshing twists on the classic, swapping vodka for regional whiskeys while keeping the signature mix of ginger beer, lime juice, and ice intact.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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The family’s wealth dates back to George Garvin Brown, who launched Brown-Forman in Louisville as a medicinal whiskey company in 1870.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Check back each Sunday for his latest whiskey review.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
26 Oct. 2025
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Aytaç offered everyone who had bought a phone three months’ unlimited landline use and a bottle of Greek brandy.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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One of its core charms is that there’s a lightness at work that balances the dark—Peychaud’s Bitters and Punt e Mes on the bright fruit, Averna playing the low tones, while the apple brandy provides structure, bridging them both together—and the balance is just right.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
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Enjoy an on-theme cocktail like Blessed and Happy Afterlife (with pisco, gin, and passion fruit) at the Elysian Bar on the ground floor.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The dry gin process includes a base wheat, mixed with juniper and coriander layered with rosemary, thyme, dill seed, celery leaf and lemon verbena, according to the farm's website.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Before Italy, my drinking experiences were limited to whatever my friends and I could sneak from our parents’ liquor cabinets, preferably something sickly sweet like peach schnapps and vanilla vodka drowned in Diet Coke.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Sep. 2025
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Guests also enjoy beer, wine and schnapps tastings, a baking competition and more.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
11 Sep. 2025
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The two then toast to this, presumably with their brand's tequila.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the early hours of March 16, Gunter and multiple other young children were in Dillard’s apartment in the Planeview neighborhood of Wichita while Dillard and her adult friends did tequila shots in her parked car, ABC affiliate KAKE reported, citing court documents.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Now living on their acreage in Oregon’s wine country, Beverly has adapted to her new surroundings.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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For example, almost all ships don't allow irons, and while liquor isn't allowed in luggage, cruise lines often permit passengers to bring bottles of wine.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Diners can choose from a wide selection of Mexican tequilas, mescals, and beers, as well as wines from around the globe and innovative cocktails like the Avocado Margarita and Oaxacan Old Fashioned.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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After the firing squad finished its work, victorious Mexican troops reportedly removed Crabb's head and shipped it to Mexico City in a jar of mescal.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Apr. 2024
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“Liqueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liqueur. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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