Sour Apple has been a popular liqueur flavor in cocktails for decades. It, mixed with vodka and sprite, is a classic drink for which every bar has its own name. Sour Apple is said to give the drink a beautiful green color and a slight apple aroma. Because of its color,…
Marie Brizard is an old French alcohol producer, founded in 1775. The company is mostly focused on liqueurs production, where the company has quite a strong foothold in France. Today, the company is part of the Belvedere Group. Triple-sec is made from Haitian and Spanish oranges. Marie Brizard liqueurs are quite…
Villa Massa is a lemon liqueur made by the Italian Massa brothers, Sergio and Stefano. Its production was started in 1991 and it uses lemons grown exclusively in the province of Sorento. The lemons are peeled and the peels are extracted in strong alcohol. After a few days, the solution is…
Original Minttu produced by Chymos is a classic and well-known drink in the slope cafes of ski resorts, where its marketing has been targeted. Koskenkorva also noticed the popularity of this peppermint schnapps and launched its own peppermint liqueur in the early 2000s. Koskenkorva Minttu is 35% aBV, so clearly weaker…
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.…
The birth of Blue Curacao is related to a story where a distilled spirit made from bitter, small oranges made from the island of Curacao was put into wooden barrels and shipped to Europe. Apparently, the bitter orange somehow reacted with the wood, and upon arriving in Europe, the distillate in…
Coffee liqueur is the basic product of most alcohol manufacturers and of course also Estonian Liviko produces it. Arabica coffee beans, sugar, water and rectified spirit have been used. The product is bottled quite inexpensively in a plastic bottle with a very simple label. 50 cl cost €5.65. The liqueur is…
Kuemmerling is a traditional German herbal liqueur/bitter. Kuemmerling was developed by Hugo Kümmerling, who started developing herbal liqueurs in 1921. The development process of Kuemmerling took 17 years and after that another 25 years passed before it was put into industrial production. Kuemmerling has been produced since 1968 by the family…
Disaronno is a legendary Italian liqueur whose recipe is said to date back to the 1500s. The production of Disaronno amaretto started at the beginning of the 20th century and is still produced by Illva Saronno. Disaronno Amaretto, or Amaretto di Saronno as it used to be earlier, remained the company's…
Grand Marnier is a legendary French orange liqueur. It was developed already in the 19th century and the family company that manufactures it, Marnier Lapostolle, continues to operate today. However, since 2016, the ownership of the company has been held by Gruppo Campari. Cordon Rouge is made with bitter, green oranges…