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…
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…
Koch is an alcohol company situated in Rakvere, Eastern-Estonia. Koch Elixir liqueurs are made by natural methods, by infusing berries on strong alcohol at two months. Only natural components are used, sweetened by sugar but no essences of other flavoring are not added. 70cl bottle purchased by bargain price of 5.99€. …
Remedia is Estonian alcohol producer, situated in Kuusalu, 30 kilometres from Tallinn. They are producing a wide range of different alcohols, among them 17 different berry and fruit liqueurs. Blueberry liqueur is one of their liqueur, and on it’s product methods there is not any infos. I suppose it is mixed…
Angela Black Currant liqueur is made by Estonian company AlcorDistillery, which went bankrupt in 2016. Not any infos about this product are available. It is still on sale at Alcoshop at Latvia, price was 4.19€ for a 50cl bottle. Nose is sweet and has a decent berry aroma. Mouthfeel is thick…
Koch strawberry liqueur are made on berries picked by Maarjamaa farmhouse at western-Estonia. Infused 2 months on strong alcohol, sweetened by sugar. Aroma is natural and also colour shows that there are no artificial colourings used. Strawberry aroma is deep, taste is thick, sweet and natural. There is a small ethanol…
I'm always sceptic about products which have name "wild strawberry" on the label. Wild strawberries are just too hard and expensive to pick from forest. So there's always artifical essences used to get the wanted flavour. Liviko Wild Strawberry liqueur is not an exception, the aroma is way too heavy to…
Wenneker Creme de Cassis is made by black currant concentrate, sugar, water and strong alcohol. It’s very low for alcohol by volume, so the producer needs to use loads of sugar to guarantee the shelf life. 50 cl bottle costs 7-8€ in Estonia. Wenneker was established in 1693, when Dutch Hendrick…
Altia Eesti, the 2nd biggest alcohol producer in Estonia, was known previously as Ofelia. Later the company changed the name, but Ofelia stays as a liqueur series with buns of different berry and fruit liqueurs. Purchase price for a 50cl bottle was 5€. Aroma is neutral and has only a hint…