'Spirits' (AKA 'hard liquor') is the term for all distilled alcohol - in fact, the name 'spirit' came from alchemists who believed the vapor of distillation was a 'spirit' of the original material. Technically 'spirits' and 'liqueurs' are different - spirits have no added sugar, while liqueurs do - but they tend to be lumped together. Virtually all known spirits were used as health tonics or elixirs at some point in history, but transmuted into good fun drinks over time. Many countries have their 'national' drink - gin, whisky, schnapps, grappa, ouzo, soju, vodka, rakia/rakija...there's quite a list. Experiments began with sugars and flavours - resulting in limoncello, cynar, Benedictine...that's an even longer list.
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Bright yellow with glints of green in colour, it is sweet, soft and velvety on the palate.
Beltion Limoncello Mediterraneo is fantastic if drunk chilled, but is also great at room temperature mixed with tonic water or over ice cream or fruit salads.
$44.95
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Bob’s approach was to add dried mandarin skin for aromas of freshly scratched zest, notes of caramelised bitter orange and just the suggestion of spice.
$33.95
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There are many recipes that call for Orange Bitters, but of most note is the "Classic" Martini. Try a dash in your next Martini and you will never want one without Orange Bitters again.
$30.50
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Blended with thirteen botanicals, and lifted with citrus & spice. Earthy notes round out the palate, with a dash of New Zealand ocean breeze. A spirit to stand up to the strongest mixers.
$79.95
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Light brown to caramel. Fresh, smooth and well rounded. Full creamy taste with nuances of the exotic marula fruit - in taste and aftertaste. Distinctive flavour, round and soft in taste, versatile in terms of mixability.
$39.95
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Black Walnut Bitters bring a robust nut flavor to the spice rack behind your bar.
$30.50
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Long and intense. Enticingly perfumed and richly fragrant with fruity notes of apricot and citrus followed by vanilla "rancio". Light and delicate in the mouth, with the gentleness of slow ageing. Full and soft finish, developing into fruit.
$149.95
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Flavoured Chum Churum Soju is widely popular in Korea. This brand is the original product that started the fruit flavoured soju popularity. With mild alcohol content of 12%, it is much easier to drink with just the right amount of Apple flavour and sweetness.
$7.50
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Nakano Ume is made 100% with local Nanko-ume grown in Wakayama, a region known for its ume. The origin of our company's flavorful umeshu is found in this product.
$39.95
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The Aperitivo Cappelletti, endearingly known to locals as just “Specialino”, may be the oldest style of the classic red bitter still in production. Unlike its larger commercial rivals, Cappelletti is less sweet and has a wonderful drying finish.
This yields a Negroni or Spritz that is dry and refreshing in the finish. It is made just outside of Trento in Alto Adige by the Cappelletti family, who also produce a number of other exceptional aperitivi and Amari.
$35.95
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Delicately distilled eight times by a master distiller using only sugarcane and pristine New Zealand spring water, this vodka is show-stoppingly smooth and delicious.
Fresh and sustainable sugarcane was chosen to craft a spirit full of life’s natural sweetness, grown with the same warmth and sweetness Burnt Hill wish to propagate to the world. The byproduct of sugarcane is used to fuel the refining process, after which the remaining product is made into sustainable building and packaging materials for a minute carbon footprint.
$62.95
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This junmai-shu is brewed using the same dewasanzan and yamada-nishiki rice grains as Nakano’s signature junmai-shu, which gives the sake the same delicate balance of umami, tartness and fruity notes.
$42.95
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