Reviews of spirits produced or sold in Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).

Martini & Rossi Vermouth Extra Dry (15%)
Vermouth

Martini & Rossi Vermouth Extra Dry (15%)

Italialaisen Martini & Rossin erittäin kuiva vermutti on 10 vuoden kehittelyn tulos. Sitä alkoi kehittelemään Luigi Rossin poika vuonna 1890. Tarkoituksena oli löytää uudenlainen vermutti, joka eroaisi markkinoilla olleista makeammista variaatioista. Haluttiin myös luoda kilpaileva tuote Ranskassa valmistettaville ja kasvavissa määrin maailmalle myytäville seco “kuiva” vermuteille. Martini Extra Dry valmistukseen käytetään…

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November 11, 2019
Bols Banana Liqueur (17%)
Fruit liqueur / Liqueurs

Bols Banana Liqueur (17%)

Lucas Bols is one of the oldest alcohol brands, it said to be established already at 1575, when Bols family build a distillery to Amsterdam. Lucas Bols was born a century later, but upon his time Holland was king of the oceans and that helped Bols to crow one of the…

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November 8, 2019
Koch Original Gin (37.5%)
Gin

Koch Original Gin (37.5%)

Made by Estonian company Koch, produced at Rakvere, Estonia. Koch is a part of big concern, who own a brewery and SuperAlko alcohol chain store. Koch products are available only on the SuperAlko stores in Estonia. Purchace price for 50 cl bottle 8.99€. Koch Original Gin is as the name says,…

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November 5, 2019
Vana Tallinn Cream Coffee Liqueur (16%)
Cream liqueur

Vana Tallinn Cream Coffee Liqueur (16%)

Vana Tallinn is one of the best known trademark in Estonia and due to original liqueur, there is also plenty of different cream liqueurs with different flavours. Vana Tallinn Cream Coffee liqueur is made by cream, egg yolk, neutral spirit, flavours and coffee essence. 50cl bottle bought from Prisma at 5.99€.…

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November 4, 2019
Hogarth Dry Gin (37.5%)
Gin

Hogarth Dry Gin (37.5%)

Hogarth Gin is a product of Dutch company Cooymans Distillery. It was established by Johannes Geraldus Cooymans at 1828. The company focuced liqueurs on the beginning, their best known product was Royal Dutch Advokaat egg liqueur, but they are nowadays producing big range of different alcohol drinks. They are focusing mostly…

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November 1, 2019
Martini & Rossi Vermouth Bianco (15%)
Vermouth

Martini & Rossi Vermouth Bianco (15%)

Martini & Rosson Bianco vermouthia on valmistettu vuodesta 1910 lähtien. Tuotteen nimi tulee sanasta Bianchissimo eli “The whitest”, valkoisten kukkien ja vanillan inspiroimana. Vaalea viini on hiilisuodatettu, maustettu yrteillä ja kasviksilla (pääosin Alpeilta), jonka jälkeen makeutettu sokerilla ja väkevöity viinistä tislatulla alkoholilla. Neljä italialaista kaverusta perusti vermutteihin keskittyvän yrityksen vuonna 1847,…

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October 31, 2019
Passoa – Passion Fruit Liqueur (17%)
Fruit liqueur / Liqueurs

Passoa – Passion Fruit Liqueur (17%)

Passoa is a liqueur made by passoa fruits, developed at 1985 by Remy Cointreau. Production of Passoa was moved to own Passoa SAS company, which is owned together by Lucas Bols and Remy Cointreau. Liqueur was launched at 1994 and have been one of the most sold liqueur many countries, like…

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October 31, 2019
Aperol (11%)
Aperitive

Aperol (11%)

Aperol is an Italian aperative, which contain both sweet and bitter orange, rhubarb, few herbs and roots. It's very low alcohol as a bitter, just 11%. Aperol have same amount of sugar than Campari (250g/litre) but as it's much less bitter it taste much sweeter. Aperol was invented at 1919 in…

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October 31, 2019
Koch Raspberry Liqueur (21%)
Berry liqueur / Liqueurs

Koch Raspberry Liqueur (21%)

Koch Raspberry Liqueur is made by Koch LCC, an Estonian alcohol company, situated 70 km east from Tallinn. Koch produces 13 different berry and fruit liqueurs. Purchace price for 50cl bottle 3.90€ (SuperAlko/Latvia) This raspberry liquer is full of artificial essences. Colour is too red to be real, so for sure…

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October 31, 2019
Baileys Original Irish Cream (17%)
Cream liqueur

Baileys Original Irish Cream (17%)

Baileys Irish Cream was founded at 1974. It was invented by Tom Jago after three years product development. Baileys is produced by Gilbers of Ireland near Dublin. It is nowadays owned by Diageo. Irish Cream is made by cream, spirit, sugar and spices (coconut and coffee extracts). Due to producer there…

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October 31, 2019