Mahina Coconut liqueur. I got this fun liqueur recently and have been massively enjoying it! This is an agricole rhum based liqueur, made simply using 3 natural ingredients – macerating fresh young coconut in Clement unaged agricole rhum, sweetening with sugarcane syrup, and finally bringing down to a manageable 18%…
Giffard Passionfruit Liqueur. This liqueur is incredible. I’ve raved about the Giffard grapefruit and banana liqueurs previously, and this adds to my obsession over their amazing liqueurs. Passionfruit (also called maracuya or lilikoi) is one of the most exotic and amazing fruits in the world. The natural fruit is quite…
Fabrizia Limoncello. I was in Italy early this year and definitely couldn’t ignore the abundant popularity of limoncello, typically imbibed post-dinner alongside a selection of grappa and various amaro. It’s one of the cultural “norms” that has (unfortunately) gotten a bit too mainstream…and the limoncello I actually tried in Italy tasted…
Grand Marnier. This is one of the more well-known liqueurs on the market today. Iām on a train traveling across Italy right now trying to discover all the local spirits and liqueurs/amaro and this is still one bottle I continually see at so many of the bars/cafes here. Grand…
Ginja9 ginjinha sour cherry liqueur. Sooo, I first heard about ginjinha liqueur over half a year ago from @making_cocktails_llf who picked up a couple bottles on a trip to Portugal. She raved about how delicious it was and how nothing quite compares. I have never seen ginja in stores around…
Giffard Banane du Bresil liqueur. Guys, this. OMG. Sooo near the start of my homebar journey, for some reason I decided to pick up a bottle of 99 Bananas schnapps liqueur. š¤Ø Well, that bottle came to haunt my home bar for YEARS, and there was no way to get…
John D. Taylor Velvet Falernum. If you’ve been getting into the world of tiki drinks, you’ve surely come across recipes calling for falernum. Falernum is a syrup/liqueur originating from Barbados that has rich flavors of primarily lime and clove (along with warm notes of allspice, almond, and ginger) that is…
Giffard Pamplemousse liqueur. I am a huuuuge grapefruit fan, and as such have been eyeing this liqueur since I first heard about it (Pamplemousse is French for grapefruit). Being the mega fan I am (fav fruit hands down), I’m often disappointed by the grapefruit flavors I find in food/drinks since…
Chambord. This is actually one of my favorite fruit liqueurs even though I don’t reach for it as often as I’d like. Chambord is a delicious French liqueur made with red and black raspberries, vanilla, citrus, honey, and cognac. It tastes quite jammy (in a good way), with rich vanilla…
Rothman and Winter Orchard Apricot Liqueur.Ā Let’s revisit “Apricot Brandy.” I recently posted about how apricot brandy can be super confusing as it can refer to two VERY different things: one is a dry (non-sweet) full 40% ABV spirit distilled from fresh apricots, and the other is a sweetened liqueur version…
St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur – this is truly autumn in a bottle.Ā As if my previous posts haven’t given it away, I’m a huge fan of everything they do and produce at St. George Spirits in Alameda, CA. It was the first distillery I ever visited and my first introduction…
Pierre Ferrand Dry CuraƧao orange liqueur. You may have heard of Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, CuraƧao, and the like, but what’s the difference? The commonality between these is that they’re all considered orange liqueurs, a base spirit sweetened and flavored with oranges, and the distinction between them is actually…
Sloe Gin. What is sloe gin, what does it taste like, and how do you use it? As the name suggests, sloe gin is actually a liqueur made from gin that is macerated (aka soaked in alcohol to draw out the flavors of the fruit) with sloe berries and a…
Ohhhh St. Germain. This was one of my first purchases that really jump started my cocktail interest (after getting past my initial “cocktail discovery” craze in college of throwing together Malibu, Peach schnapps, and Ocean Spray and calling it a cocktail). St. Germain is an elderflower liqueur – which tastes…