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…
Rosso was the first vermouth which Cinzano releases in Turin at 1757. It’s a blend of different white and red wines, sugar, wine distillates and over 35 different herbs and spices. The red colour it gets from the colourings, the red wine content is not so high, it’s mostly done from…
Cinzano is over 250 years old vermouth producer, owned nowadays by Gruppo Campari. Extra Dry vermouth is manufactured from dry white wine, slightly amount of sugar and over 35 different herbs. The receipt is secret for sure, but at least wormwood, cinnamon, clove, majoraan, thyme, yarrow and gentians are been used. 100…
Italian Cinzano have a long history, the company was established already at 1757 by brothers Giovanni Giacomo and Carlo Cinzano. It is nowadays owned by Campari, who bought it from Diageo at 1999. Cinzano is the second biggest vermouth producer at Italy (after Martini & Rossi) and their products are on…
Kräuterglut is a herbal liqueur produced by German food giant Veritas. It’s sold on every supermarket in Germany and usually for very cheap price, 70cl bottle could costs as low as 4.99€. Due to producer is it made by rectified spirit, water, sugar and different herb extracts. Kräuterglut is very traditional…
The Real Companhia Velha was established already at 1756 at city of Porto. It is known also as Royal Oporto Wine Company, as it was built by Dom Jose I, king of Portugal. As having a long and political history, it’s oldest port wine house in Portugal and one of the…
Perlino winehouse was established at 1905 by Giuseppe Perlino. At 1930 Perlino decides to focus on vermouths and sparkling wines and the production of the them have continued until these days. The company is still a family company, it was changed a corporation until at 2004. The production of Bianco starts…
Produced by Latvijas Balzams, Riga Black Vodka is made of same base spirit than popular herbal bitter Riga Black Balsam. Latvijas Balzams is one of the few companies who make rectified spirit in Latvia and they produce also many other famous vodkas under license, like Stolichnaya and Moskovskaya. Riga Black Vodka…
Monopol Vodka is one of the many vodka product of Estonian Remedia Distillery. It’s made from imported rectified spirit, filtered and diluted by specially purified water. 20cl bottle was 3.19€ at Maxima. Monopol is very typical “estonian” vodka. Neutral, a bit ethanol on nose and taste, burn slightly and have some…
Angostura comes from Trinidad, small Caribbean island. It was established by Johan Sieger, doctor of medicine. He was working as surgeon on Simon Bolivar’s army in Venezuela. Sieger wanted to create new product from botanicals, to help his patients appetite and digestion. At 1824 was born the Aromatic Bitters and when…