Obscure Licqueur

SteveR_100Milers

I am looking for an "interesting" alcoholic beverage in the style of Becherovka for my sis and her partner after last xmas's treat of Metzendorf and chocolate....any suggestions?

ratsbeyfus

'Shochu' (Japanese vodka) with oolong tea. Pissed and refreshed all in one go.

SteveR_100Milers

Yes, that's a good one.

ratsbeyfus

'Umechu' is fun too - Shochu with a super sour wince inducing Japanese pickled plum ('umeboshi') in it. Surprisingly tasty.

prb007

trying to get some of this for the missus for Xmas - she loves it...

http://www.frangelico.com/

only at Waitrose though, so may have to resort to mail order,

Anonymous

Electric soup. A traditional Scottish blend of Buckfast fortified wine and Carlsberg special brew.

After your friends and family comsume electric soup they will become your besht pal will want to hug you, fight you and be sick on you. Then they may want to borrow money and shout at people in the high street.

"Interesting Alchoholic beverage", job done.

Lagavulin

dmclite wrote:

Electric soup. A traditional Scottish blend of Buckfast fortified wine and Carlsberg special brew.

After your friends and family comsume electric soup they will become your besht pal will want to hug you, fight you and be sick on you. Then they may want to borrow money and shout at people in the high street.

"Interesting Alchoholic beverage", job done.

prb007

remember this stuff being very palatable, too - so much so that me and the missus struggled to get back to San Antonio, Ibiza, many moons ago...

http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nl ... rodid=1716

AndyF16

Bloody Becherovka - my old agent (and still current mate) in Plzen used to bring bottles of the stuff every time he came over, I can't stand the stuff but was always too polite to say so

Much more lightweight is a Portuguese drink called Amarguinha, almond flavoured, pale coloured (unlike syrupy and cloying Amaretto) and lovely; drink by the shot glass full with freshly squeezed lemon juice floating on the top, kind of 'straining' the hooch through the lemon 8)

Crapaud

dmclite wrote:

Electric soup. A traditional Scottish blend of Buckfast fortified wine and Carlsberg special brew. ...

Bzzzzzt! Incorrect!

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Soup]Wiki[/url] wrote:

The name "Electric Soup" is originally the colloquial name for the beverage made by infusing milk with town gas which was readily available from broken gas lanterns in the hallways and closes of tenements and flats across Scotland before North Sea gas was used and electric lamps were introduced.[citation needed] "Electric Soup" was commonly made and consumed by tramps, alcoholics and delinquents and was reported to have a mind altering effect.

Anecdotally, I believe that it turned purple (before you drank it).

SteveR_100Milers

Neither version sounds like a palatable festive drink, no matter ho amusing the after effects.

Some interesting things to look at.

markyboy2005

Luxardo Maraschino Cherry Liqueur

Had fun on this......

http://partysourceeq.com/2008/07/03/spi ... y-liqueur/

prb007

+1 for cherries..
remember drinking too much Ginjinha in Lisbon, Portugal to be in control of a tandem afterwards and having one or two near misses with tram tracks on the way back to the hotel in the half light of the evening...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginjinha

disquieting_museeuws

Snow Leopard Vodka!

http://www.waitrosewine.com/230483053/Product.aspx

http://www.snowleopardvodka.co.uk/

finchy

Forget the supermarkets, get yourself into an Eastern European food shop, they've always got something new.

If you know anywhere that does Hungarian booze, some nice strong megyes palinka (cherry brandy) is a good warmer on a cold day.

finchy

dmclite wrote:

Electric soup. A traditional Scottish blend of Buckfast fortified wine and Carlsberg special brew.

Why is it that whenever you talk about Glaswegian food and drink my stomach starts to turn?

risi

Elisir Gambrinus

or

Centerba Toro. So strong your face goes numb.

You might need to go to Italy to get them though...

pedylan

Crapaud wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Electric soup. A traditional Scottish blend of Buckfast fortified wine and Carlsberg special brew. ...

Bzzzzzt! Incorrect!

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Soup]Wiki[/url] wrote:

The name "Electric Soup" is originally the colloquial name for the beverage made by infusing milk with town gas which was readily available from broken gas lanterns in the hallways and closes of tenements and flats across Scotland before North Sea gas was used and electric lamps were introduced.[citation needed] "Electric Soup" was commonly made and consumed by tramps, alcoholics and delinquents and was reported to have a mind altering effect.

Anecdotally, I believe that it turned purple (before you drank it).

Both true, the original town gas and milk cocktail and the modern equivalents are known coloquailly as electric soup. In between times, the term electric soup has been applied to a range of fortified wines notably Lanliq but also equally terrifying beverages such as Emva Cream and Eldorado. They sold well in Scotland - Scotland's Shame!

As to the need for an exotic liquer, I never have develooped a taste for anything other than a good malt - Scotland's Pride. The nearest you could get to a liquer drawing on the malt whiskty base is Drambuie. A pleasantly sweet alternative to whisky on its own or mixed with a good blended whisky and ice as a Rusty Nail - a cocktail with intoxicating capabilities that seem to be more than the sum of its parts.

jairaj

prb007 wrote:

+1 for cherries..
remember drinking too much Ginjinha in Lisbon, Portugal to be in control of a tandem afterwards and having one or two near misses with tram tracks on the way back to the hotel in the half light of the evening...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginjinha

+1 Had a few Ginjinha's when I went to the Azores. Did you drink yours out of a chocolate cup with preserved cherries? very very nice

skellator3

one for pedylan
what about glayva, heather liquer another exotic whisky sweet and v nice served over ice

stevec205gti

My mate used to force this on all unsuspecting visitors - his missus was Hungarian so he had gallons of the stuff. The fact he had gallons of the stuff and couldn't get rid of it gives you an idea of just how 'tasty' it is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicum

singlespeedexplosif

Pisco, or schinken hager.

SteveR_100Milers

stevec205gti wrote:

My mate used to force this on all unsuspecting visitors - his missus was Hungarian so he had gallons of the stuff. The fact he had gallons of the stuff and couldn't get rid of it gives you an idea of just how 'tasty' it is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicum

The name alone is enough to start a party, though not one with ones family...sounds like Hungary's version of Bekerovka, perfect!

berliner

Stroh 80. It'll blow her undies off

SteveR_100Milers

berliner wrote:

Stroh 80. It'll blow her undies off

Except it's for my sister and my brother in law.......

AndyF16

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

berliner wrote:

Stroh 80. It'll blow her undies off

Except it's for my sister and my brother in law.......

I think Berliner was thinking of himself, not you

berliner

Oh apologies.
But pour out some glasses of it and pretend to knock one back with them.. But don't drink it whatever you do...

SteveR_100Milers

I have noted most of these as addtions to my personal cocktail cabinet, though I'll pass at the tramps p**s sorry electric soup...

I have just ordered a bottle of Unicum - if nothing else the name will appeal to the equally puerile sense of humour that my brother in law has....

markyboy2005

unicum is awful.....got bottle from a friend when I lived in Budapest and had to give it away....the worst drink ever....