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Sabra – Israeli liqueur that is flavored with Jaffa orange and
chocolate.

Sake – wine produced from rice.

Sambuca – an Italian licorice-flavored liqueur made
from elderberries.

Sauternes – A delicate sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region
of France, made from grapes that have been infected with noble
rot.

Schnapps – dry European spirit. Popular flavors include
apple, peppermint, peach, black cherry, cinnamon, and wild berry.

Scotch – whisky distilled in Scotland, usually from malted barley,
broadly divided into 2 types – blended and single-malt.

Sherry – a dessert wine from southern Spain.

Simple Syrup – a combination of water and granulated
sugar that, when boiled, condenses into a clear, sweet syrup –
often used in cocktail recipes.

Sint Maarten Guavaberry – This liqueur is made from local guavaberries
on the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin.

Skyy Citrus Vodka – vodka flavored with lime, lemon, tangerine,
orange, grapefruit.

Skyy Cosmo Mix – non-alcoholic mix flavored with lime, cranberry,
orange.

Slivovitz – a European plum brandy whose base fruit
is a particular variety of black plum called Madjarka.

sloe gin – a cordial or liqueur whose characteristic flavor is
derived from sloe berries.

Sour Mash – a blended grain mash used to make whiskeys.

Southern Comfort – a fruity American whiskey liqueur.

Spumante – Italian sparkling wine.

Strega – an Italian liqueur flavored with citrus
fruits, supposedly based on a witches’s brew. Name means “witch”.

Suze – a wine-based liqueur that is flavored with gentian root.