The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks (68 page)

bittersweet apples,
21

black currant,
263
–
67
,
342

Black Diamond blackberry,
342

Black Gold,
75

Black Lace elderberry,
208
,
328

Black Nail,
38

black pepper,
157

Black Republican cherry,
275

black spruce,
256

blackberry,
342

blackthorn shrub,
281
–
84
,
342

Blake, Michael,
43

Blakeney Red pear,
30

blended bourbon,
48

blended whiskey,
48

blessed thistle,
143

blood orange,
301
,
335

Blood Orange Sidecar,
301

Bloody Mary,
74
,
133

blueberry,
342

Blue Fortune anise hyssop,
322

blue gum eucalyptus,
246

Blushing Mary,
354

Board of Food and Drug Inspection,
272

Bols distillery,
222

Bombay Sapphire gin,
168

Bonal Gentiane Quina wine,
61
,
65

Bonnie Prince Charlie,
38

Bonpland, Aimé,
228

Booker's Bourbon,
40

borage,
328

botrytis bunch rot,
58

boukha,
271

bourbon,
33
,
48

birth of,
45
–
47

garden cocktails with,
348

oak barrels and,
53
–
54

perfect corn for,
50

wheat and,
109

bourgeon de sapin,
250

Boyle, Robert,
xii

bracken ferns,
187

braggot,
117

brandy,
262

invention of,
60
–
63

types of,
68

brandy de jerez,
68

breadfruit,
120

brem,
81

British myrrh,
184

Brooklyn Cocktail (hybridized),
275

broomcorn,
89
,
92

brown sugar,
100

brucine,
158

buckwheat,
108

buckthorn,
248

Buddha hand citron,
293

Budweiser,
76
,
82

Buena Vista's Irish Coffee,
311

bugs in booze

agave snout weevil,
16

alkermes scale,
56

cochineal,
129

earthworms,
41

honeybees,
116
–
17

yeast,
29

bullace plum,
277
,
278

Burbank, Luther,
277

burnet saxifrage,
179

“burnt wine,”
60

Byrrh,
240

C

C. W. Abbott & Co.,
230
,
231

cabbage roses,
221

Cabernet Sauvignon,
64

cacao,
268
–
69
,
313
–
14

cachaça,
101
,
102

cactus,
126
–
28
,
138

Café des Beaux Arts,
338

caffeine,
309
–
11

Caipirinha,
102

calamansi,
291

calamondin,
291
,
294
,
335

calamus,
148

calendula,
328

Calhoun, Scott,
x
-
xi

California bay laurel,
144

Calisay,
240

Callen, Eric,
3
,
5

Calrose rice,
78

Calvados,
17
,
22
–
24
,
138
,
247

Calvados Domfrontais,
23

Calvados Pays d'Auge,
23

Campaign for Real Ale,
211

Campari liqueur,
129
,
148
,
163
,
236
,
292

cannabis,
210
–
17

Cantimpré, Thomas von,
169

caowy,
73

capillaire syrup,
185
,
187

capsaicin,
353

Capsicum annuum,
346

frutescens,
346

caramel,
33
,
40

caraway,
149
–
50

carbon dioxide,
26
,
29

carcinogens,
145
,
148
,
187
,
192

Cardamaro Vino Amaro,
143

cardamom,
151
–
52
,
157

cardoons,
142
–
43

Caribou,
258

carmine dye,
129

Caroline raspberry,
342

carrots,
124
–
25
,
140
,
149
–
50
,
156
,
179
,
180
,
181
,
184

Carum carvi,
149
–
50

Cascade hops,
216

cascarilla,
236

cashew apple,
113
–
14

cashews,
113
–
14
,
121
,
190
,
247

cassareep,
116

cassava,
115
–
17

Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery,
125

cassia cinnamon,
242

cassis,
263
–
64

Cassis de Dijon case,
267

cayenne pepper,
353

celery,
346

Centaurium erythraea,
160

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
245

century plants,
2

cereal crops,
31
,
107

Cerro Baúl brewery,
190

chamazulene,
205

Chamaemelum nobile,
205

Chambord liqueur,
300

chamomile,
205

Champagne Cocktail,
229
,
247

Chapeau Banana lambic,
112

Chapman, John,
20

charanda,
102

Charbay Distillery,
317

Chardonnay,
64

Charentais melon,
346

Charles Jacquin et Cie distillery,
300

Chartreuse,
138
,
140
,
148
,
174
,
223

distillery,
278
–
79

Chateau Jiahu beer,
76

Cherry Bomb pepper,
346
,
352

cherry brandy,
274

Cherry Heering,
274

cherry laurel,
144

Cherry Pick pepper,
346
,
352

cherry tree,
276
,
334

cherry wine,
274

Chibuku beer,
91

Chibuku Shake-Shake,
91

chicha,
42
–
45

chicha de jora,
48

Chichimeca people,
126

Chilean strawberry,
350
–
51

chili pepper,
352

chill filtration,
40

China Martini wine,
240

Chinese mandarin,
300

chinotto,
292

Chippewa blueberry,
342

chocolate,
268
–
69

Chopin vodka,
74

Chou En-lai,
95

Ciao Bella,
295

cider, apple,
18
–
22

alcohol content of,
21

ancient makers of,
19
–
20

classification of,
21
–
22

hard,
19

pear and,
30

preserving heritage,
19

water and,
21

yeast and,
26

Cider Cup,
20

cider gum eucalyptus,
246

cider sickness,
4

cilantro,
156
,
322

cinchona,
237
–
40

Cinnamomun aromatic,
242

verum,
241
–
42

cinnamon,
241
–
42

Ciroc vodka,
69

citral,
174

Citrofortunella microcarpa,
291

citron,
285
,
286
,
293
,
335

citronellal,
174

Citrullus lantatus,
347

citrus,
151
,
153
,
285
–
305

anatomy of,
299

essential oils,
291

grow your own,
294

Meyer and,
296
,
297

orange liqueurs,
305

peels,
293

sprayed,
290

zester,
293

see also specific citrus

Citrus aurantifolia,
298
,
334

aurantium,
287
–
92
,
335

bigaradia,
288

hystrix,
298

×
junos,
302

latifolia,
298

limon,
297
,
334

maxima,
300

medica,
293

nobilis,
300

×
paradisi,
295

reticulata,
300

sinensis,
301

unshiu,
300

Clark, John B.,
41

Classic Margarita,
8

Classic Martini,
173

Claviceps purpurea,
86
–
87

Claytons Kola Tonic,
314

Clear Creek Distillery,
244

clementine,
300

cloves,
136
,
152
–
53
,
242

coca,
154
–
55

Coca-Cola,
155
,
199
,
314

cocaine,
154
–
55

Cocchi Americano wine,
65

cochineal scale,
56
,
129

cocktail glasses,
xvi

cocktails

recipes,
viii

see also specific cocktails

coconut tree,
119

Coffea arabica,
309
–
11

canifora
(
robusta
),
309

coffee,
248
,
309
–
11

Cognac,
60
,
219

Cointreau liqueur,
305

Cola acuminata,
313
–
14

Colchicum autumnale,
223

Colglazier & Hobson Distilling,
94

colonche,
128

Colubrina arborescens,
248

elliptica,
248

Columbus, Christopher,
42
,
43
,
97
,
286
,
352

Comadia redtenbacheri,
16

Combier, Jean-Baptiste,
287

Combier Distillery,
195
,
249
,
287

Combier liqueur,
305

Commiphora myrrha,
249

Complete Distiller, The
(Cooper),
218

confectio alchermes,
56

congeners,
27
–
28

Cook, Captain James,
255

Cooper, Ambrose,
218

Cooper Spirits International,
225

coopers,
52
–
54

coppicing,
241
,
312

coriander,
156
,
171
,
200

Coriandrum sativum,
322

Corinto cucumber,
346

cork oak,
51

corn,
42
–
51
,
89

birth of bourbon,
45
–
47

chewing uncooked,
44
–
45

chicha,
42
–
45

choosing the perfect,
50

glass of,
48
–
49

sex life of,
44

types of,
46

corn beer,
42
–
45
,
48
–
49

corn vodka,
49

corn whiskey,
45
,
47
,
49

Cornell University,
19
,
24
,
265
,
335

cornstalk wine,
42
–
45

Corona Extra,
49

Corylus avellana,
312
–
13

maxima,
312

coumarin,
146
–
47
,
194
,
197
,
242

“country wines,”
124

Creasy, Lara,
251

cream,
265

crème,
265

crème de,
265

crème de cassis,
263
–
67

crème de figue,
271