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Verre et bouteille de Suze – Picasso
Liquor & Liqueurs
Headquarters for Motlow’s Corn & Jack Daniells’ No. 7 Lincoln County Whiskies – Birmingham, AL
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The Motlow Distilling Company was opened as the Motlow Brothers Distillers by Lemuel Motlow, John Franklin “Spoon” Motlow and Jesse B. Motlow at 1215 Avenue B in Birmingham in 1904 and was operated at various times under various names until Alabama enactedstatewide prohibition in 1915. – Bham Wiki – [www.bhamwiki.com/w/Motlow_Distilling_Company]
S.G. Wall – Druggists – Sundries… Main Avenue – Durango, CO
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Liquors, Cigars, Prescriptions Chemically Compounded © Frank H. Jump
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The Newman Block, of course. At 801 Main Ave., it was built in 1892 by Charles Newman, who made his fortune first through pharmacies he owned with his brothers-in-law in Silverton, Alamosa, Animas City and Chama, New Mexico, and later by locating the Swansea Mine in Rico. His drugstore in Durango went on to become S.G. Wall Druggist, the current site of Olde Tymer’s Café. Newman also represented our region in the Colorado Senate. – Durango Herald – Ann Butler, June 17, 2014
Gentiane Suze – Funel Pentimento – Le Muy, FR – Gaia Son
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What is Gentian?
Gentian is tall flowering plant whose root produces a bitter product that is frequently used as a tonic and a bittering agent for the near gamut of vermouths, amari and apéros (a French aperitif). Gentian-based apéro, as we’re discussing, uses the pulverized roots of Gentiana lutea (yellow Gentian) as a primary element in bittersweet liqueurs. Gentiana lutea is a wild native of the alpine region and is found en-masse in the mountainous terrains of the Tyrol, Burgogne and Auvergne regions of Central Europe. – The Liquid Culture Project
Suze Advertisement by Roger Mayer (1959) – The Liquid Culture Project
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Other Suze ads:
- Old painted roadside adverts – Elve.net – Bartolomeo Mecánico
Benedictine Liqueur Ad – Cambrai, FR – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son
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Bénédictine is an herbal liqueur beverage developed by Alexandre Le Grand in the 19th century and produced in France. It is claimed that at the Benedictine Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy, monks had developed a medicinal aromatic herbal beverage which was produced until the abbey’s devastation during the French Revolution, but in fact Alexandre Le Grand invented the recipe himself, helped by a local chemist, and he told this story to connect the liqueur with the city history to increase sales. He began production under the trade name “Bénédictine”, using a bottle with an easily recognizable shape and label. The family eventually sold the company to Martini and Rossi, which was in turn bought by Bacardi. The recipe is a closely guarded trade secret, purportedly known to only three people at any given time. – Wikipedia
Echo Spring Kentucky Straight Bourbon – Columbus, OH – Midwest Correspondent, Nick Hirshon
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Heaven Hill was founded by several investors shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in 1935 [1934 according to the Heaven Hill website], including a prominent distiller, Joseph L. Beam, and a member of the Shapira family. As the company developed, the five brothers of the Shapira family bought out the other investors. Joe Beam remained as Master Distiller, along with his youngest son, Harry. Descendants of the Shapira brothers own and run the company to this day. – Wikipedia
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Bisleri Ferro-China – Remy Martin Cognac – Sherif Street, Downtown Cairo, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah, Uptown Correspondent
Sherif Street, Downtown Cairo © Iman R. Abdulfattah
A friend directed me to this cognac ad… The obscured word on the bottom left should read “Remi”, or something like that. – I.R. Abdulfattah
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Ferro-china is a liqueur usually consumed as a liquore nero and digestive tonic, but is often used as an aperitif . It was invented and patented in the last decade of the nineteenth century by entrepreneur and Garibaldi freedom fighter Signor Felice Bisleri (1881) . – Wikipedia – Italy
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The Bisleri’s, originally a family of industrialists, have produced this very famous Italian tonic since 1881. It is essentially an aperitif in a herb flavoured, fortified wine base. Its producers recommend its as a blood tonic. Each 30 ml shot contains 5 mg of Iron [from Ammonium Iron (lll) Citrate] and when taken at any time of day, but preferably before a meal, will help maintain normal blood. Ferro China also makes a pleasant drink when mixed with mineral water.
One member of the Bisleri family, Franco Bordoni-Bisleri (born 1913), was a famous Italian flying ace. The badge on the Ferro-China bottles was a lion so this was the image painted on most of his aircraft alongside the word “Robur” meaning “strength” in Latin. No doubt his fame helped to popularise the brand. 21% Alc./Vol. – Vintage Direct
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