Jim Beam Apple was released at 2015, together with other flavours, Maple, Honey, Kentucky Fire and Red Stag. Jim Beam Apple is made by blending an apple liqueur with Jim Beam Bourbon. 70cl bottle was 13.55€ at SuperAlko. It’s quite a straightforward liqueur, apple aroma is intense. It comes right away…
Hendrick’s Gin was launched in 1999. It’s produced by William Grant & Sons, famous for its whisky production, Glenfiddich and Balvenie malt whiskies and Grant’s & Tullamore DEW blended ones. Hendrick’s is produced in Girvan distillery in Scotland. Hendrick’s gin is created from eleven botanicals, which are distilled and later added…
Handsa (or Hansa) is a traditional spirit in the province of Setomaa, which is in South-East Estonia and Russia, on the area from west to Pskov. Originally Handsa is made from rye and malted rye. Sometimes also a bit of wheat is used to soften the taste. Handsa is always made…
Remedia is an Estonian company specialized to produce cheap alcohols and liqueurs to supermarkets. Plum Liqueur was just 3.29€ for a 50cl plastic bottle. Remedia liqueurs are mostly made from juices, sugar, rectified spirit, essences and colourings. Aroma is a bit weird, it’s not plum but kind of fruity and definitely essences…
Canadian Special Old is made by Hiram Walker & Sons, established in 1858 by Hiram Walker. The company is now owned by French alcohol gigant Pernod Ricard. This whisky is probably the most common Canadian whisky in supermarket shells in Estonia and other Baltic States. It’s also very cheap, a 70cl bottle…
Koch Elixir is the premium liqueur series of Estonian Koch Distillery. There is not a single piece of information about this product on the internet. Anyway, Koch distillery is in the same concern with SuperAlko and CityAlko alcohol chain stores, which are the only places to buy Koch products in Estonia.…
Nevskaya Vodka is owned by Estonian alcohol producer Liviko. There is no infos where the rectified spirit is coming, from Russia or somewhere else. Anyway the special thing with Nevskaya is that it is filtered through milk. So some milk and some egg white is added to Vodka and mixed a…
Lauktuvių is a trade mark of Liviko Eesti by drinks produced to Lithuanian market. The name of the drink is freely translated as “cranberries on brandy”. So it’s kind of mixture of cranberry juice and brandy, blended to 20% strength. Liviko says that the drink is based on ancient recipes and…
Bartender’s Club is a private label product of Rimi Baltic, owned by Swedish company ICA. Rimi headquarters is in Riga and the products are on sale in every Baltic state. There is not any info available about this whisky, just that it's produced in Scotland and bottled in Estonia. Matured 3…
Braastad is a trademark of cognac house Tiffon and it is currently owned by Norwegian company Arcus. Braastad Cream liqueur is a mixture of cream, Braastad VS cognac, sugar and other ingredients. Only 56% of the alcohol content comes from cognac, the rest coming from neutral wheat spirit. The liqueur has…