Licor 43 is said to be a thousand year old recipe handed down from generation to generation. The name is meant to represent the forty-three separate herbs and spices used in its production. It is Spain's biggest liqueur export. Recently, they've begun to recommend serving a shot called a Licor 43 Mini Beer: tiny beer mug with chilled Licor 43 with a float of heavy cream... which ends up resembling the foam head on a beer. In our own tasting, we find the flavor and taste profile is an herbal sweetness that is in the same class as Benedictine and,...
Ark Spirits was founded in 2010 and is the venture of two brothers from Brazil: Cassiano and Rafael Agapito. Their goal is to make available to the world handcrafted Brazilian spirits made by local artisans. Fuba Cachaca is their take on that most famous of Brazilian spirits: the rum made not from molasses but the freshly pressed juice from sugar cane. It was first offered in the fall of 2011 and they call it "full flavoured" and having a "fiery character." It is made in traditional, small-batch process from pot stills and offered un-aged ("plata" or "silver" style)... the sugar...
According to The Whisky Exchange (who themselves are quoting from Diffordsguide.com), this spirit is made from 95% molasses and 5% rice. It's then blended with a secret recipe of spices. It is named for the "mighty" Mekhong River which describes the border of Thailand. It was first introduced in 1941 and considers itself the "most famous spirit in Thailand." We elected to classify the spirit in our database as a spiced rum simply to place it within a likely peer group. An argument could be made that it should be in its own class. Mekhong Thai Spirit presents as an...
