Braastad is a trademark of cognac house Tiffon and it is currently owned by Norwegian company Arcus. Braastad Cream liqueur is a mixture of cream, Braastad VS cognac, sugar and other ingredients. Only 56% of the alcohol content comes from cognac, the rest coming from neutral wheat spirit. The liqueur has…
Koch strawberry liqueur are made on berries picked by Maarjamaa farmhouse at western-Estonia. Infused 2 months on strong alcohol, sweetened by sugar. Aroma is natural and also colour shows that there are no artificial colourings used. Strawberry aroma is deep, taste is thick, sweet and natural. There is a small ethanol…
Aroma de Herbes is a liqueur serie from Lithuanian company Sanitex. Žolelių Užpiltinė - Herbal infusion is made in Latvia and on sale only Sanitex own Promo Cash&Carry stores around Lithuania. 20cl bottle was discounted to 2.52€. Nose is quite light, there are some typical herbal flavours and some sweetness. Taste…
Meukow Xpresso was launched in 2012. It’s a blend of coffee liqueur and VS cognac from Meukow, later flavoured with pomerance and vanilla. Matured for a short period and bottled. 50cl bottle was 16.99€ at Selver. There is not a coffee on the nose at all, but some kind of matured,…
Merrys story starts 150 years ago, when Robert A. Merry established a tavern and wine company in Dungarvan, Ireland. Cream liqueurs company started to produce in 1998 and in addition to original liqueur they have 5 different flavoured ones (white chocolate, strawberry etc.) Merrys Cream Liquer is made of cream, Irish…
Jägermeister is the most sold herbal liqueur in the world. It was developed in 1934 and is made of 56 different plants, herbs, spices and roots. For those 25 are known, for example cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, liquorice, star anise. Jägermeister was developed by Curt Mast, who was working on his father's…
Amaro Ramazzotti was invented in 1815 by Ausano Ramazzotti so it is one of the oldest herbal bitter liqueurs from Italy. Ramazzotti starts to get popular when Ausano opens a bar and offers his own amaro to quest instead of coffee. Ausano died in 1866 but his family continued the production…
I'm always sceptic about products which have name "wild strawberry" on the label. Wild strawberries are just too hard and expensive to pick from forest. So there's always artifical essences used to get the wanted flavour. Liviko Wild Strawberry liqueur is not an exception, the aroma is way too heavy to…
Žolynų is a herbal liqueur made by Latvijas Balzams to Lithuanian market. Spiritinis Gėrimas 23 is like the name says, liqueur which is made of 23 different herbs, roots and spices. Herbs used are at least linden flower, St John's wort, lemon balm, wild chervil and spices are clove, paprika, pepper,…
Benediktins is a herbal liqueur made by Latvijas Balzams by the ancient receipt. Herbs macerated on grain spirit are at least angelica root, lemon balm, peppermint and various spices. Sweetened by honey. 35cl bottle was 5.99€ at SuperAlko (Latvia). Benediktins is very sweet, thick, spicy herbal liqueur. 43% strength is easily…