Johan Freitag vodka is made by Latvian brewery Cesu Alus, which is owned by Finnish brewery Olvi. Cesu Alus is not a distillery, so they import the rectified spirit somewhere from Europe and just dilute and bottle it. Johan Freitag is marketed as “scandinavian tradition and northern crispness and purity”. 50cl…
Clan Murray is made by Benriach Distillery. It looks Benriach is not so proud of this product, as there is not any mention of this whisky on their website or anywhere else on the internet. I found it on sale at Baltic states and a few other countries like Holland and…
Ballantine’s is one of the third most sold Scotch whiskies, among Johnnie Walker Red Label and Grant’s Family Reserve. It’s available on every store and mostly also on different bottle sizes. Ballantine’s is worldwide 2nd most sold whisky but in Europe it’s the first. The Sales volume is enormous, 200.000 bottles…
Aznauri means noble in the Georgian language. Aznauri brandies are produced in Georgia by Ukrainian company Global Beverage Trade. It is sold as cognac in Ukrainian and Russian markets, but exported under a brandy name. Aznauri brandy is made by Rkaksiteli grapes (another usual grape variety in Georgia is Saperavi). After…
Traditional herbal liquor Herbes de Mallorca is geographically protected, it can be produced only in Mallorca island. It’s usually made by anis, camomilla, lemon, lemon beebrush, fennel, marjoram, mint and rosemary. There can’t be used any colourants or preservatives. Commonly dried herbs have been added to the bottle. The drink is…
Poolik Viin is a private label vodka of food store chain Maxima. Poolik is produced in Lithuania, probably by Stumbras, and it is sell only in Maxima stores in Estonia. It’s always cheapest vodka in Maxima and it’s been sold huge quantities every day. 50cl bottle price was 5.69€. It's neutral…
No.1 Vodka is distributed by Latvian company Aroma Floris. The bottle label says it’s produced in Latvia and made from grain, but nothing else. So there is no any info is the rectified spirit also made in Latvia or is it imported somewhere. 50cl bottle bought from AlcoShop at Valka, Latvia…
Sarlote is a product of Latvijas Balzams, the biggest alcohol producer in Latvia. Sarlote was established already at 2003, but it production was ceased at 2008 for 6 years, until it was bounced back at 2014. It’s the most known local cream liqueur in Latvia and on sale every supermarket chains.…
Cherniy Rytsar (“Black Knight”) is a herbal liqueur produced by Belarusian company Vitebsk Alcoholic Beverages Factory “Pridvine”. Pridvine was established already at 1898 and is nowadays a modern company which produce great selection of different alcohol drinks. The company owns also Bogushevsky Distillery, which is focused to produce pure rectified spirit.…
Saaremaa is product of Finnish company Altia. It’s distilled in Koskenkorva, made from barley. Diluted in Estonia for ground water pumped from 130 meters. Diluted and bottled in Tabasalu, Estonia. Saaremaa is the second best known vodka in Estonia. It’s neutral vodka, with hints of grain flavours. Nose have some solvent…