Post #757200 by AceExplorer on Wed, Jan 13, 2016 8:13 AM

Back to the topic of Sorel... Sorel liqueur recently became an additional sponsor of Gaz Regan's blog, so I clicked on the logo to check out their web site. First, their home page has an incredible photo of a vintage (non-tiki) bar.

Then they describe their Sorel product:
*Sorel

The natives of the Caribbean islands have long known the hibiscus plant to be a potent spice. Renown for its curative properties–and as a powerful aphrodisiac–they would ferment its flowers, and serve on festive occasions. Each island enjoyed slight differences in their recipes, relative to their indigenous horticulture.

It is with great respect for its traditional heritage we present a modern twist on an exotic classic:

The brightness of Brazilian clove. The warmth of Indonesian cassia. The heat of Nigerian ginger. The woody bottom of Indonesian nutmeg. The full, aromatic body of Moroccan hibiscus. Pure cane sugar. The finest organic grain alcohol.

This is Sorel. Delicious ice cold or piping hot, drink it straight or recreate your favorite classic cocktails.

Sorel. The 65th Crayon.*

It's still intriguing. But it's also not available in my area, or from a number of the mail-order sources I have used. If it's this much of a pain to get, then I'm not going to pursue it because there are so many other things competing for my cocktail time. I wanted to add these notes to this thread for the benefit of others who run across Sorel and do a web search.

Sorel may gain popularity over the next few years. Let's see if it starts to show up in any cocktails at our tiki events around the globe. Any mixologist looking to experiment with something fresh and new to the tiki scene may do well to play around with this stuff.