Johnnie Walker Red Rye Finish (40%)

Blender's Batches, special batches sold at an affordable price, were added to the Johnnie Walker catalog in 2016. The first of these special batches was Red Rye Finish, where distillate matured for three years in usual oak barrels was further matured for six months in barrels that had previously contained rye…

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Giffard Café (25%)

The French family company Giffard has been producing liqueurs and other alcoholic beverages for decades. Today, they have a selection of more than a hundred different spirits as well as a comprehensive selection of flavored syrups. Roasted coffee beans, neutral alcohol and sugar are used to make the coffee liqueur. According…

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Vana Tallinn Cream Tiramisu (16%)

Vana Tallinn's cream liqueur series got a newcomer in the summer of 2023. The combination of tiramisu and spicy cream liqueur sounds very interesting. The manufacturer Liviko advertises the product as a "piece of cake in a bottle" and combines the best elements of both Vana Tallinn and the well-known Italian…

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Famosinha de Minas Carvalho Casks (40%)

Cachaca is not really a well-known spirit in Europe and especially in Eastern European countries. You may only find it for sale in a few specialty stores, and even then only bulk-produced, blank cachaca from the largest producers. On the other hand, I have never seen matured cachaca for sale, not…

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999 Herba Devynia Bitter (40%)

999 Herbal Devynia, made by Stumbras, is Lithuania's equivalent to Estonia's Vana Tallinn and Latvia's Black Balsam. The 999 series includes various herbal liqueurs with slight nuances. There is a traditional, lemon-enhanced, hemp-seed flavored and more bitter version. 999 Bitter is, as the name suggests, a drier and more bitter version…

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De Kuyper Creme de Cacao White (24%)

There are two types of cocoa liqueurs, brown/dark made from cocoa beans and light/transparent made from distilled cocoa ingredients. Light cocoa liqueur is usually made from cocoa beans/fat that has been distilled to create a cocoa-flavored, colorless concentrate. The cocoa concentrate is then mixed with alcohol, water and sugar to make…

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Park VSOP (40%)

Park is not a very well-known brand in the field of cognacs. The fact that until 2005 the company produced distillates only for the needs of other manufacturers has a big influence on the matter. Distillerie Tessendier&Fils, which has been producing distillates on a small, 25-hectare vineyard since 1880, decided in…

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Jules Gautret VSOP (40%)

Gautret's history dates back to 1847, when Jules Gautret started cognac production in the castle owned by his parents. The distillery remained in the hands of the Gautret family for over 100 years, until 1959, when it was bought by the Coopérative des Viticulteurs Charentais (Unicognac AS). Unicognac is a cooperative…

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Giffard Amaretto (25%)

Maison Giffard is a French liqueur distillery. The company was founded by the pharmacist Emile Giffard in 1885. Emile developed various elixirs to improve digestion in his own pharmacy and launched a clear, transparent mint liqueur as his first product. He offered the liquor to the neighboring hotel and it became…

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Berto Bitter (25%)

Driven by the great popularity of Campari and Aperol, several other manufacturers have also started producing red-colored, slightly bitter aperitifs. Manufacturers can be found both in Italy, the home of the drink style, and also in several other European countries. Antica Distilleria Quaglia was founded at the end of the 19th…

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