Ginjinha or simply Ginja is one of Portugal's national drinks. It is a liqueur made from cherries (ginja ~ sour cherry), produced only from natural ingredients, i.e. no dyes or other preservatives besides sugar have been used. The cherries have been extracted in strong alcohol, which is most commonly aguardiente, i.e.…
Cranberry is one of the most popular raw materials for liqueurs. This berry, which grows in the swamps of the northern countries, does suit everyone because of its sour and bitter taste. However, the strong and tart taste is well suited for liqueurs. Even if there is a lot of sugar…
Chambord is a French berry liqueur made with raspberries, blackberries and blackcurrants. The berries are first extracted in neutral alcohol for six weeks, after which the juice is squeezed. Cognac, vanilla, honey, sugar, lemon zest and various spices are added to the mixture. The mixture is allowed to stand for a…
Dewberries, which belong to the raspberry family, are grown naturally in Estonian forests. Its relative is blackberry, which can be grown in the garden. However, it thrives best in these latitudes in the greenhouse. Estonian Koch Distillery has done blackberry liqueur, using black berries grown in Estonia, extracting them in rectified…
Estonian Liviko Distillery has a great selection of different alcohols and cherry is one of their liqueur series products. Due to the producer's website it is made with natural cherry juice, brandy, neutral spirit, water and sugar. It’s seasoned by nutmeg, bitter almond and cinnamon, to bring some southern-European temperament to…
Lapponia is a traditional Finnish liqueur producer, which is now owned by the world's second largest alcohol producer Pernod Ricard. However, liqueurs are still produced in Turku, Finland. According to the manufacturer, Lapponia liqueurs are made by traditional methods from berry extraction. There is 330g sugar per liter. The price of…
Remedia is Estonian alcohol producer and their products have been on this blog already many times. Cherry liqueur is another berry liqueur from them, it is made from rectified spirit, cherry juice, sugar, colourings and essences. Remedia do not promote their product at all, but are confident that cheap prices and good…
Estonian Liviko Distillery have among wide spirit selection also few liqueurs and raspberry liqueur is one of them. Due to the producer website it is made by raspberry juice and raspberry flavouring. It is bottled on a 50cl plastic bottle, which price in Estonia is around 6€. Like Liviko’s wild strawberry…
Nordic alcohol gigant Altia has subsidiaries in all Baltic countries. Their Latvian unit has produced a series of berry liqueurs. These can be found in the bottom shelfs in some Latvian alcohol or food stores. The product looks just like it was made by a small village grandmothers association for the…
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…