• A round of clues about food and drink (but mainly drink) which has a “double acrostic” twist. If you get the answers correct (as specified by me) then the first and last letters of each answer in turn will spell out two colourful characters that are very specific in their feeding requirements. Extra ‘brownie points’ for identifying the hidden words and they may help you with any answers which are giving you trouble!
1. Type of beer sold as Miller, Stella Artois, Beck's, Heineken, Carling, Foster's, and Carlsberg
2. Fruit from which traditional cider is made
3. The third-largest source of vegetable oil in the world
4. A Portuguese liqueur made by infusing Morello cherry in alcohol and adding sugar together with other ingredients
5. Type of milk known in some countries as unsweetened condensed milk, it is a shelf-stable canned product with about 60% of the water removed from fresh milk
6. A milk product that is aerated by a whisk or mixer until it is light and fluffy and sometimes known as Crème Chantilly
7. a Brazilian variation on the screwdriver cocktail, with a name most commonly used as a term for the high-quality reproduction of sound or images
8. Full name of a drink based on whiskey, top of the milk, and other ingredients such as coffee, which can be served on its own, or as an alcoholic substitute for milk and sugar in a hot coffee
9. Popular drink which can be Black, Green, Flowering, Oolong or Iced
10. A yellow, medium-hard Swiss cheese that originated in the area around Canton Bern. It has a savoury, but mild taste
Answers follow:-
1 LageR
2 ApplE
3 RapeseeD
4 GinjA
5 EvaporateD
6 Whipped creaM
7 HifI
8 Irish cream liqueuR
9 TeA
10 EmmantaL
Bonus points for two colourful butterflies
found; Large White and Red Admiral