Lemon liqueur proof neutral spirits to extract from it the lemon oil (an essential oil). The extraction is then diluted with simple syrup. Different varieties of lemon are used to produce different flavors. The variety of lemon used is usually dictated by region. Various alcohols can be used to give distinct flavors. A higher proof alcohol maximizes extraction of the lemon flavor, whereas darker alcohols add complexity of flavor. Many commercial brands of lemon liqueur are produced in Italy, in several styles (see Italian liqueur). In Italy, especially in Campania, lemon liqueur is consumed as a chaser ("ammazzacaffè") to coffee. Lemon liqueur
Sambuca (siege engine) Sambuca (siege engine) The sambuca was a ship-borne siege engine which was invented by Heracleides of Tarentum and were first used unsuccessfully by Marcus Claudius Marcellus during the Roman siege of Syracuse in 213 BC. Polybius describes usage of the machine: As well as these vessels he had eight quinqueremes in pairs. Each pair had had their oars removed, one on the port and the other on the starboard side, and then these had been lashed together on the sides thus left bare. On these double vessels, rowed by the outer oars of each of the pair, they brought up