Weird Foreign Booze

[sunny-dave]

I'm just getting stuck into a few glasses of Beirao - a rather nice local Portuguese liqueur. After a meal of sardines & chips and a couple of beers it really hits the spot.

I will undoubtedly buy at least one bottle of said alcoholic beverage at the airport - then take it home to sit neglected with all the other weird gear that I've accumulated over the years (french apricot and almond brandy anyone? - how about a tooth-rottingly sweet Italian orange monstrosity??)

Whey do we do this??

What horrors are hiding in your deep, dark recesses?

[Tilly2]

It never tastes quite the same at home, does it? The only lurky thing I have is a bottle of Limoncello bought in Sorrento years ago.

I like the bottle.

[sunny-dave]

aaargh - I have limoncello too - not even got the excuse that I was in Italy - I got sold it at the Good Food Show a few years ago ...

[ubasses]

A bottle of raspberry liqueur from Majorca. Tastes like cough mixture, whatever possessed Mr U I will never know!

[DTCwordfan]

Mongolian Vodka and very Irish in potato taste. Say hi and cheers to Gness.

St John's Commanderia - how do the Cypriots make such distilled shyyte - ah, it's made from the remnants of the Turkish side. Now I understand.

[ethandron]

I love limoncello and raspberry liqueur.

[woofgang]

I turned the booze cupboard out last year and tossed several of the more horrifying things down the kitchen sink....they didn’t half bring the stainless steel up nicely which is a tad worrying....

[gness]

Slainte, DT.....

Top tip....if you line all those bottles up and find a couple of little drumsticks they make a great xylophone for some Christmas amusement......x

[Cloverjo]

I've got a bottle of creme de cassis that's been hanging around for years. I can't remember why on earth I bought it.

[woofgang]

because its lovely with white wine, ice and soda, or in champagne or any kind of fizz

[ubasses]

Agree about the creme de cassis, the rest sits in the cupboard and occasionally comes out for a recipe. At least it does not go off.

[DTCwordfan]

well, there's Cloverjo under the piano on Christmas morning......

[Tilly2]

Two Christmases ago, I did make a trifle with Panettone soaked in Limoncello as the base. It went down rather well.

Can I do the same this year? Is it safe?

[ethandron]

Creme de cassis is loverly, I often have a small snifter after a meal.

[ethandron]

Of course it is Tilly, it's alcohol and won't go off.

[EcclesCake]

Small, Eth?

[ethandron]

Don't be daft Ecc, large or nothing in this establishment

[Cloverjo]

That was it. We bought the creme de cassis to mask the taste of a case of slightly nasty but expensive wine that we were given.

[Samuraisan]

Love Creme de Cassis in cava. I also have a some Limoncello, lurking at the back of the cupboard, amongst other dubious bottles . I will have to have a clear out soon. Isn't it curious how we enjoy these drinks in their respective homes, but just don't work at home. Except for wine....

[douglas9401]

I was presented with a small bottle of what appeared to be dyed raffia in a dark, bitter liquid.
'Very popular in the Dominican Republic', they said. Utterly foul and down the sink.

[Togo]

A bottle of Mead. I think I have had it for about 30 years. Raffle prize or something.