Russian Standard is a rather new vodka brand. It was established in 1998 by Roustam Tariko, who is also owner of Russian Standard Bank. After the launch it is rapidly grown for one of the major brands from Russia. In three years, it was already on sale in over 80 countries…
Old Pascas is a rum owned by German company Borco International. It is a blend of Jamaican and Barbados rums. The producer in Barbados is The West Indies Rum Distillery Ltd, established in 1893 by two brothers from Germany. It was meant to produce cheap rum to German market. It is…
Galliano is a sweet herbal liqueur. It was invented by Italian brandy manufacturer Arturo Vaccari in 1896 in Livorno, Italy. It was named after the Italian war hero Giuseppe Galliano.Galliano is made from 30 different herbs and spices, which are at least star anis, juniper, lavender, yarrow, peppermint and cinnamon. It…
Galliano is a sweet herbal liqueur. It was invented by Italian brandy manufacturer Arturo Vaccari in 1896 in Livorno, Italy. It was named after the Italian war hero Giuseppe Galliano. The vanilla version of the original Galliano is made in the same way, but there have been added vanilla flavouring and…
Surakas is one of the newest Estonian craft distilleries. Currently they have one plain vodka and two flavoured vodkas. For vodka making Surakas is using organic grown Estonian winter rye. Rectified spirit is distilled in Estonia so it is one of the few 100% Estonian products, while most of the vodkas…
Arthur Bell established a grocery store in 1825 (this year is found on all Bell’s bottles) and began to make blends on different malt whiskies in 1851. First whisky Extra Special was registered in 1895 and ten years later there was added Bell’s name on it. After the prohibition which created…
Latvian craft distillery Walk have a bunch of flavoured vodkas and couple berry liqueurs, from which raspberry liqueur is one of them. It’s made on full raspberries, grown in Latvia, which are soaked in rectified spirit (from sugar). Later it is filtered, diluted with purified ground water to 21% strength and…
Walk is a small hand crafted distillery in the city of Valka, Latvia. The name comes from the old city name Walk, which was shared between Latvia and Estonia after the 1st World War to Valga and Valka. Walk Distillery makes seven different flavoured liquors and two liqueurs. The company makes…
Ballantine’s Brasil is a lime-infused spirit drink. Made by steeping Scotch whisky with Brazilian lime peel in oak cask. It’s later flavoured with vanilla and bottled to 35% strength. 70cl bottle was bought at 13.99€. Nose is very nice, fresh and fruity with a touch of vanilla. There is certainly lime…
Cachaça is a national spirit of Brazil and Cachaça 51 is one of Brazil’s most common cachaça brands. Like all cachaça, it is distilled from fermented raw sugarcane juice. So it’s not a rum, which is normally produced from sugar production by-products such as molasses. Though rhum agricole is also made…