The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks (69 page)

Crème de Noisette,
313

crème de noyaux,
262

crème de violette,
225

crème Yvette,
225

Crespigny, Rose Champion De,
284

Crispin's Rose Liqueur,
222

Crocus sativus,
223

Croton eluteria,
236

cubeb,
157

cucumber,
346

Cucumis melo,
346

sativus,
346

Culpeper, Nicholas,
185
,
220

cumin,
150

Curaçao liqueur,
287
–
88
,
305

currants,
263
–
67
,
342

curry,
146

Cusparia febrifuga,
228

trifoliata,
228

cyanide,
115
,
208
,
260
,
307
,
327

Cymbopogon citrates,
322

Cynar,
143

Cynara cardunculus,
142

scolymus,
142
–
43

cynarin,
142

cynaropicrin,
142

cypress,
169
–
73

D

daiginjo,
82

Daiquiri,
99

Daktulosphaira vitifoliae,
64
,
66

damask roses,
221
,
222

damiana,
158

damson plum,
277
–
78
,
281
,
335

dandelion,
143

Dark and Stormy,
167

Dark Northern rye,
85

darnel,
84

Dasylirion wheeleri,
10

date palm,
118
–
19

de Garine, Igor,
81
–
82

De Materia Medica
(Dioscorides),
56
,
96

Death's Door distillery,
172

Delessert, Benjamin,
105

demerara sugar,
100

Denominación de Origen,
10

dent corn,
46

dépense,
20

Der Naturen Bloeme
(Maerlant),
169

Destillerie Purkhart,
225

dill,
322

dioecious plants,
57
,
122
,
169
,
171
,
213

Dioscorides,
56
,
96

Distell distillery,
121

distilled gin,
170

Distilled Spirits Council,
85

Distillerie des Menhirs,
108

Distillerie Miclo,
222

distillers,
26
–
28
,
31

condensing techniques,
41

dittany of Crete,
159

DO,
10
,
11

Dogfish Head Brewery,
44
–
45
,
76
,
117
,
223
,
269

Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambéry,
65

Domaine de Canton liqueur,
166

Dombey, Joseph,
175
,
177

Dombey's Last Word,
175

Douglas, David,
244

Douglas Expedition,
244

Douglas fir,
243
–
44

Dr. Struwe's Suze and Soda,
164

dragon fruit,
128

Drambuie liqueur,
38
,
140
,
146

Drosera rotundifolia,
193
–
94

drupe,
308

Dukat dill,
322

Dutch courage,
172

Dwarf Cherry nasturtium,
329

dyes,
129
,
290

E

earthworms,
41

eau-de-vie,
22
–
23
,
24
,
61
,
63
,
69
,
243
,
244

eau-de-vie de prunelle sauvage,
284

eau-de-vie de sorbier,
281

Ebers Papyrus,
200

Eddu Silver whiskey,
108

Edmond Briottet distillery,
313

egg whites,
xvii

eglantine rose,
222

Elder, Joel,
50

elderberries,
208

elderflower,
206
–
9
,
328

imbibing,
209

Elderflower Cordial,
207

Elderflower-Lavender Champagne Cocktail,
330

elecampane,
159

Elettaria cardamomum,
151
–
52

Elfin King strawberry tree,
132

Ellestad, Erik,
251

Emerson, Edward Randolph,
73

Emma
(Austen),
255

endocarp,
299

English Physician, The
(Culpeper),
221

Enterolobium cyclocarpum,
7

enzyme,
27
,
79
–
81
,
115
,
123

ergot,
86
–
87

Erythroxylum coca,
154
–
55

novogranatense,
155

rufum,
155

estragole,
180

Estratto di Eucaliptus liqueur,
245

ethyl alcohol,
26
–
28

ethylene,
290

Eucalittino delle Tre Fontane liqueur,
245

eucalyptol,
144
,
151
,
180

eucalyptus,
245
–
46

Eucalyptus citriodora,
245

globulus,
246

gunnii,
246

Eucalyptus Gum Leaf Vodka,
246

eugenol,
136
,
137
,
153
,
242

Eureka lemon,
297
,
334

European centaury,
160

European mountain ash,
281

European oak,
55

European Union (EU),
129
,
148
,
247
,
267

Evanow, Allison,
86

Evelyn, John,
234

exocarp,
299

“Eyaws,”
41

F

Faerie watermelon,
347

Fagopyrum esculentum,
108

falernum,
298

Falimirz, Stefan,
72

false cocaine,
155

Fantin-Latour roses,
221

farnesol,
218

Federal Alcohol Administration,
54

Fee Brothers,
229

Fejérváry-Mayer,
2

Femminello Ovale lemon,
297

feni,
113
,
114

fennel,
180
–
81
,
200
,
322

fenugreek,
146
,
160
–
61

fermentation,
26
–
29
,
59

barley and,
31

date palm,
199

rice and,
79
–
81

fern,
185
–
87

Fernet Branca liqueur,
139
,
224
,
246
,
249
,
250

Ficus carica,
270
–
71
,
334

fig,
270
–
71
,
334

filbert,
312

filé,
192

Filipendula ulmaria,
187

Filipino still,
7
–
8

Finissimo Verde basil,
322

fire blight,
30

Firefly distillery,
310

flavedo,
299

flint corn,
46

flor,
61

Florence fennel,
180
,
322

flour corn,
46

flowers,
204
,
327
–
31

see also specific flowers

fly agaric,
233

Foeniculum vulgare,
180
,
322

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
139
,
145
,
148
,
155
,
162
,
187
,
192
,
197
,
246
,
256
,
273

Food & Function,
146

Forbidden Fruit,
300

Fosberg, Raymond,
239

Founding Fathers,
45
,
63
–
64

Four Winds Growers,
296

fractional column still,
24

Fragaria
×
ananassa,
347
,
350
–
51

chiloensis,
350

moschata,
350

vesca,
350

virginiana,
351

François, Antoine,
300

Frangelico liqueur,
312

Frank Meyer Expedition,
297

Franklin, Benjamin,
43
,
255
–
56

Fratello liqueur,
312

Fred Boutin lavender,
328
,
330

freeze distillation,
24

French Intervention,
13

French oak,
55

Freud, Sigmund,
154

Frézier, Amédée François,
350
–
51

Frézier Affair,
351

From Honey to Ashes
(Lévi-Strauss),
195

Frontenac grape,
67

fruit,
259
,
345
–
54

see also specific fruit

“fruit bricks,”
59

Fryer, Alan,
47

Fuggle hops,
216

fungi,
58
,
79
,
84
,
86
–
87
,
233

fusarium,
39

G

Gabriel Boudier distillery,
144

Gaia Estate winery,
250

galangal,
162

Galen,
169

Galipea officinalis,
228

trifoliata,
228

Galium odoratum,
194

Galliano liqueur,
140
,
179
,
199

Gamache, Darren,
215
,
217

gamju,
81

garden-infused simple syrup,
324

Garey's Eureka lemon,
297

génépi,
203

genever,
170

Genovese basil,
322

genshu,
82

gentian,
160
,
163
–
65
,
309
,
313

Gentiana lutea,
163
–
165

Gentiane liqueur,
163

gentiopicroside,
163
–
64

Gentry, Howard Scott,
6

George VI, King,
220

geraniol,
174

geraniums,
323

geranyl acetate,
156

Gerard, John,
307

German chamomile,
205

germander,
165

Giffard Pamplemousse liqueur,
295

gin,
x
-
xi

common ingredients of,
171

garden cocktails with,
348

grape-based,
69

juniper and,
169
–
73

types of,
170

gin and tonic,
240

Mamani,
xi
,
238

ginger,
151
–
52
,
162
,
166
–
67
,
168

ginger beer,
166
–
67

ginjo,
82

ginseng,
155

Glasse, Hannah,
255
–
56

glasses,
xvi

glycyrrhizin,
182

Godfrey's Cordial,
192

Godin Tepe site,
32
,
34

Gohyakumangoku,
78

Gold Flame honeysuckle,
328

Golden Jubilee anise hyssop,
322

Goldschläger liqueur,
242

Gómara, Francisco López de,
4

gomme syrup,
252
,
253

gooseberry,
263
–
67

goosefoot,
105
–
6

Gordal olive,
335

gorillas,
168

Goschie, Gayle,
215

Gosling's,
167

Gouais Blanc,
64

Gouberville, Gilles de,
22

grains,
31

see also specific grains

grains of paradise,
168

Grand Marnier liqueur,
288
,
289
,
305

grapefruit,
295
,
300

grapes,
57
–
69
,
310

fungus on,
58

invention of brandy,
60
–
63

phylloxera and,
64
,
66

spirits made from,
68
–
69

wine,
see
wine

yeast and,
59

Graphic,
303

grappa,
205

grasses,
31
–
56
,
76
–
104
,
107
–
10
,
130
,
146
–
47