Now I don't usually like to name names, but the inspiration behind those of cachaça is tremendously varied, and I felt I should share some of that myriad diversity with you. Where appropriate, I have translated into English and imprisoned in parenthesis.
Cachaças are and have been named after:
Soap Operas
Children's Stories
Allusions to Macumba
Political Elections (1982)
Card Games
The Racing of Horses
The Game of Football
Mammals (Little Horse/Black Horse/Panther/Wee Jaguar/Wee Sloth/Wee Armadillo)
Birds (3 Herons/Falcon of the Valley)
Fish (Piranha/Giant Amazonian Catfish)
Reptiles
Crustaceans (Mouth of the Soft-shelled Crab)
Insects
Plants, Flowers & Fruit
Nobility & Orders
Celebrities
Styles of Music from Brasil
Numbers
Vessels or Casks
City/Town/Village Names
Plains, Valleys and Ridges
Farms
Indigenous Indian Groups
Saints
Brazilian Ethnic Groups
Emotions & Sentiments (Avarice/Shame/Shameless)
Types of Women (Old Black Lady/Lady Lover/Dreamer Girl/Widowed Cane/Wee Granny)
Women's Names
Men's Names
Professions (Barman/Farmer/Sailor/Mountaineer/Harpooner)
Consequences (Good Luck/Triumph/Fame/Victory/Trouble)
Slang Words
Properties of Cachaça Itself
Original Made up Names (The End of the Century/Baldy/Seductive Smile/Poor Man's Umbrella)
Allusions to Sex and Sexual Betrayal (Dying Erection/Getting Wood/Bride's Sweat/If the Wife Found Out/In the Ass/Give Me More/From The Head Down/Cuckold's Consolation)
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My curiosity is piqued and my credulity is tested. What does the label of "In the Ass" brand cachaça look like? Do you have a picture?
I'm afraid I wasn't able to find an image of "In The Ass" as I believe it has long gone out of production. I did, however, find an image of a another brand, entitled "On The Ass" which is almost as good. Pass your mouse over the image to see in greater detail:
http://www.barril514.com.br/cachaca-nabunda-vidro-300.html
Fantastic... I wish asses, like this beverage, had a shining golden colour and perfect viscosity!
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