The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks (72 page)

prugnolino,
284

Prunus armeniaca,
260
–
62
,
334

avium,
272

cerasus,
271
–
76
,
334

domestica,
277
–
79
,
335

dulcis,
307
–
8

laurocerasus,
144

mume,
279

persica,
335

salicina,
277

serrulata,
276

spinosa,
281
–
84
,
342

×
yedoensis,
276

Pseudotsuga menziesii,
243
–
44

pulque,
2
–
4
,
15
,
45

punch au rhum,
102

Punica granatum,
335
,
337
–
39

Punt e Mes wine,
61
,
65

Pure Food and Drug Act,
158
,
262

Pyrus communis,
30

Q

quandong,
280

quebrantahuesos,
49

Queen Charlotte violet,
225

Queen Jennie Sorghum Whiskey,
94

Quercus,
51
–
55

alba,
55

garryana,
55

mogolica,
55

petraea,
55

pyrenaica,
55

robur,
53
,
55

quetsche plum,
279

quid,
145

quinine,
237
–
40
,
309
,
313

Quinologie,
237

quinquina,
65

R

Raicilla,
10
,
15

Rainier cherry,
275

raisins,
264

raki,
182
,
271

raksi,
81

Ramos, Henry,
303

Ramos Gin Fizz,
302
,
303

Raspail, François,
287

raspberry,
342

ratafia de cassis,
263

Rather, Dan,
88

raw sugar,
100

Ray, John,
136

“real whiskey,”
33

recipes

cocktails,
viii

egg whites,
xvii

glasses,
xvi

ice,
xvii

muddling,
xvii

serving size,
xvi

simple syrup,
xvii

syrups, infusions, and garnishes,
ix

tonic water,
xvii

rectified spirits,
106

red currants,
266
,
342

Red Lion Hybrid,
289

Redventure celery,
346

Refrigerator Pickles,
349

Reine Claude plum,
278

resurrection lily,
162

retsina,
250

Rheum rhabarbarum,
347

rhubarb,
347

rhum agricole,
101
,
102

Ribena,
264

Ribes americanum,
266

nigrum,
263
–
67
,
342

odoratum,
266

rice,
76
–
82

as no ordinary grass,
76
–
77

polishing,
78
–
79

sake,
76
–
82

spirits made from,
81
–
82

varieties of,
78

Ritinitis Nobilis,
250

Rob Roy,
86

Rochefort, Henri,
155

Roman apricot,
260

Roman Beauty rosemary,
323

Roman chamomile,
205

Root liqueur,
192
,
235

Rosa,
329

centifolia,
221
–
22

damascena,
221
–
22

rubiginosa,
222

roses,
17
–
30
,
187
,
221
–
22
,
260
–
61
,
271
–
76
,
277
–
79
,
281
–
84
,
307
–
8
,
350
–
51

rose hips,
222

rosemary,
323

Rose's Kola Tonic,
314

Rosmarinus officinalis,
323

rosolio,
193

rowan berry,
281

Royal,
48

Royal Ann,
275

Royal Combier,
249
,
287
,
305

Royal Horticultural Society,
244
,
278

Royal Tannenbaum,
251

Royale pineapple,
347

Rubus,
342

idaeus,
342

rue,
228
–
33
,
285
–
305

rum,
73
,
94
,
102

garden cocktails with,
347

making,
99
–
103

slavery and,
97

rum-verschnitt,
102

Rumona,
197

Rush, Dr. Benjamin,
257

Rusty Nail,
38

rye,
83
–
87

comeback of,
85
–
87

founding distiller,
84
–
85

ryegrass,
84

S

SABMiller,
91
–
92
,
115
–
16

Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
4
,
59
,
61
,
79

Saccharomycetales,
26
–
28

Saccharum barberi,
97

officinarum,
96
–
106

sinense,
97

saffron,
151
,
198
,
223
–
24

safranal,
223

safrole,
192

sage,
323

St. George Spirits distillery,
69
,
298
,
300

St-Germain liqueur,
206
,
207
,
209

St. Nicolaus distillery,
172

St. Regis hotel,
338

sake,
76
–
82

cocktail,
80

enjoying,
79

nomenclature of,
82

Sake One brewery,
78

salicylic acid,
158

Salvia elegans,
323

officinalis,
323

sambuca,
182
,
206

Sambucus canadensis,
208

nigra,
206
–
9
,
328

racemosa,
208

Samuel Adams Summer Ale,
168

sandalwood,
280

sangria,
128

Santa Maria Novella,
189

Santalum acuminatum,
280

Santo cilantro,
322

sarsaparilla,
191
,
235

sassafras,
192
,
235

Satsuma mandarin,
300

Satureja hortensis,
323

montana,
323

sauterne,
58

Savanna bamboo,
130

savory,
323

Savoy Cocktail Book
(Craddock),
261

Sazerac,
184

scale,
56
,
129

scented geranium,
323

Schinus molle,
49
,
190

terebinthifolius,
190

Schlehenfeuer,
284

Schramm, Tyler,
74
–
75

Scientific American,
8

Sclerocarya birrea,
121

Scottish Crops Research Institute,
34
,
39

Scotch whisky,
37
–
40
,
86

chill filtration and,
40

water and,
40

scurvy,
103
,
255
,
256
,
287

Scyphophorus acupunctatus,
14
,
16

Secale cereale,
83
–
87

Seed, Eric,
225

seeds,
31
,
118
,
306

see also specific seeds

Senegal gum tree,
252
–
54

Senegalia senegal,
252
–
54

Senior Curaçao of Curaçao liqueur,
305

serving size,
xvi

Sessile oak,
55

Seville bitter orange,
287
–
91

shaddock,
300

shandy,
166
–
67

sharp apples,
21

sherry,
61
–
63

shochu,
73
,
76
,
81
–
82
,
108
,
279

Sichuan button,
329

Sicilian lemon,
297

Siegert, Johannes G. B.,
229
–
33

Siembra Azul distillery,
13

Sikkim Paan Liqueur,
145
–
46

Sikotok cloves,
153

Simmonds, Arthur,
278

simple syrup,
xvii
,
100

garden-infused,
324

Sinistrari, Ludovico Maria,
157

Siputih cloves,
153

Sirionó tribe,
117

sirop de gomme,
254

slavery,
97
,
257
,
273
,
275

slivovitz,
279

sloe berry,
281
–
84
,
342

sloe gin,
170
,
281
–
84

Sloe Gin Fizz,
283

Slow Bolt cilantro,
322

Smilax regelii,
191

Smirnoff vodka,
94
,
167

Smith, John,
42

snag gin,
281

Snap liqueur,
166

soda and bitters,
230

soft drinks,
235
,
248
,
252

soju,
73
,
81
,
94

Solanum berthaultii,
71

lycopersicum,
6
,
347

maglia,
71

t
uberosum,
70
–
75

soleras,
63

Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur,
301
,
305

Sonnentau Likör,
194

sonti,
81

sorbitol,
30

Sorbus aucuparia,
281

sorghum,
88
–
95

American,
92
–
94

beer made from,
90
–
92

mao-tai,
88
,
94
–
95

as most-imbibed plant,
90

survival of the fittest,
88
–
89

sweet and grain,
89

syrup,
92
–
94

witchweed and,
95

Sorghum bicolor,
88
–
95

Sorgrhum,
94

Sorrento lemon,
297

sotol,
10
,
15

sour cherry,
276

sour orange,
286
,
301

Spacemaster 80 cucumber,
346

Spanish jasmine,
218

spearmint,
325
–
26

Species Plantarum
(Linnaeus),
200

Spice Islands,
152

spices,
135

see also specific spices

spilanthol,
329

spitters,
17

spitting,
44
–
45
,
115
,
123

Springbank distillery,
37

spruce,
255
–
56

spruce beer,
255
–
56

spurges,
115
–
16
,
236

Square One vodka,
85

Stalin, Joseph,
25

star anise,
183
,
200

star-vine,
183

Steenkamp, Johan,
352

Stepan Company,
155

straight bourbon,
48

straight rye whiskey,
85

straight whiskey,
33
,
109

strawberry,
347
,
350
–
51

strawberry tree,
131
–
32

Strega,
140
,
141
,
224

Striga,
95

Stroh 80 rum,
106

strychnine,
158
,
232
,
233

succade,
293

sugar,
100

sugar beet,
105
–
6

sugar maple,
257
–
58

sugarcane,
43
,
73
,
96
–
106