Liqueur Review: Chambord Liqueur Royale de France
Chambord Liqueur Royale de France
When I think of unique liquor or liqueur bottles; the first one coming to mind is almost always Chambord. For many years Chambord's easily identifiable bottle has stood out on the shelf. The gold belt over the deep purple liqueur and interesting globe shape make it very easy to recognize.
Before this liqueur review I had never tried it outside of a cocktail, so let's take a deeper look.
Background:
Chambord liqueur is said to be inspired by a raspberry liqueur once produced in the Loire Valley of France in the late 17th Century. To this day many delicious liquors are produced in that valley, such as Cointreau, Triple Sec and Royal Combier.
The original liqueur inspiring Chambord was supposedly introduced to King Louis XIV during one of his visits to the Chateau de Chambord. Royalty in those times always had the best of the best and it was common for many fine spirits to be had with lavish meals.
Liqueur Review: St-Germain
While browsing through one of the larger discount liquor stores in Nashville TN I saw this liqueur I had not noticed before.
St-Germain Liqueur
I think the amazing bottle is really what got my interest, but never the less I had to give this one a try. It was $35 so not too pricey.
Background:
Doing a little reading a about St-Germain is interesting. Turns out it is a flower or floral liqueur made from Elderflowers and various other ingredients. St-Germain contains 100% natural ingredients and no preservatives which is points in my book. Worthy of note as well is the mention that St-Germain has roughly half the sugar of most Liqueurs. Though I have not seen the actual amounts in grams yet.
It imported from France by Maison 6ème Arr., Philadelphia, PA.
On the St-Germain website you can learn that every load of elderflowers they use to make this stuff is hand-picked and then bi-cycled.. yes bi-cycled from the foot hills of the Alps down to a market where they purchase them to make the liqueur.
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