Vergi is produced by Koch LLC, an alcohol company located in Sõmeru, eastern-Estonia. It is on sale only in SuperAlko alcohol chain stores, owned by the same corporation which also owns Koch. According to one source, it is column distilled from Trinidad, with a small amount of pot still distillate added.…
Abruka is a small island under the Estonian biggest island Saaremaa. There are 33 people living all year round on Abruka, in summer some hundreds of more. Abruka Vodka is made to order by Flagest, Estonian grocery wholesaler. It’s “estonian vodka” whatever it means, for its price range it’s definitely made…
Barbuda Rum is produced by Estonian Remedia Distillery, established in 1991. It’s now owned by Latvian Amber Distribution, which is the biggest alcohol distributor in Baltic states. Barbuda White Rum is a column distilled from molasses, aged a few months or barrels or steel vats and filtered to clear. It’s blended…
Mulgi Viin (Vodka) is produced by Estonian company Koch LLC. It is owned by a big concern who also owns SuperAlko alcohol chain store, a brewery and plenty of properties in Tallinn. Koch LLC produces over 10 different vodkas (Vergi, Tuletorn, Taxi etc.) which have minor differences. Koch imports the rectified…
Vana Tallinn Original Cream Liqueur was invented in 2001 to celebrate Women’s Day. There are combined traditionally Vana Tallinn characteristic rum flavour, herbs and lemon aromas to fresh cream. Bottled at 50cl with 16% volume, price is around 7€. Vana Tallinn herbal aromas are well featured, rum or other spirit gives…
Bacardi is the biggest, family owned alcohol producer in the world. Established in 1882 by Don Facundo Bacardi Masso, who bought a distillery at Santiago de Cuba. He wanted to create a new kind of rum which separates from the raw and unpleasant rums of that age. By his invented carbon…
Apricot is an Estonian alcohol producer situated in the city of Viljandi, 100 km south from Tallinn. The company was established in 2010 and produces quite a big selection of strong spirits, liqueurs, soft drinks and syrups. 50 cl plastic bottle of the liqueur cost around 4€. There is a berry…
Campari is a well-known Italian bitter-aperitif. It’s famous for its red colour, which was originally done by carmine colour. The known ingredients of Campari are only two, alcohol and water, otherwise the recipe is secret, known only by three people. Anyway there are different herbs, roots and infused fruits being used.…
Finsbury Gin was invented by Joseph Bishop in London in 1740. Nowadays it’s owned by German company Borco International, which bought Finsbury Distillery in 1993. Finsbury based on neutral alcohol made from molasses. It is distilled at Langley distillery at central-England by Jenny-named pot still, capacity of 10.000 litres. Botanicals used…
The extra dry vermouth of Italian Martini & Rossi is the result of 10 years of development. It was developed by the son of Luigi Rossi in 1890. The intention was to find a new kind of vermouth that would be different from the sweeter variations on the market. There was…