The stuff at the back of the liquor cabinet...revisited! - Tiki Drinks and Food

T TorchGuy Member Renton, WA Joined: Apr 24, 2008 Posts: 242	T TorchGuy Posted posted on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 2:05 AM Hypnotiq: Cognac-based liqueur. No offense intended in this, but it was aggressively marketed to the African-American community, apparently due to an opinion that cognac is popular in that part of the market. Interesting stuff, a Seattle bar (Noc Noc) uses it in a number of tasty mixed drinks. Frangelico: Very sweet hazelnut liqueur. Probably mixes well with cream liqueurs, definately goes in coffee. I drink it neat, warmed in a snifter. Fernet branca, Cynar: Acquired tastes, very bitter, but not AS bitter as, say, Campari. Good neat over ice, or half-and-half with soda water. If you like bitter things, you'll enjoy these. Cynar tends to be inexpensive, and is made from a part of the artichoke, though not the flower portion we usually eat.

Hypnotiq: Cognac-based liqueur. No offense intended in this, but it was aggressively marketed to the African-American community, apparently due to an opinion that cognac is popular in that part of the market. Interesting stuff, a Seattle bar (Noc Noc) uses it in a number of tasty mixed drinks.

Frangelico: Very sweet hazelnut liqueur. Probably mixes well with cream liqueurs, definately goes in coffee. I drink it neat, warmed in a snifter.

Fernet branca, Cynar: Acquired tastes, very bitter, but not AS bitter as, say, Campari. Good neat over ice, or half-and-half with soda water. If you like bitter things, you'll enjoy these. Cynar tends to be inexpensive, and is made from a part of the artichoke, though not the flower portion we usually eat.

Post #443103 by TorchGuy on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 2:05 AM