Palate: Dry, bitter orange, clove, vanilla, nutmeg, alcohol on finish. Overall impression: I said earlier that in a great orange liqueur the other flavors should serve to enhance the orange flavor, not mask it, and Pierre Ferrand's version proves the point. Try mixing it not just with Ferrand's brandies but also rums; Ferrand owns the Plantation Rum brand, and therefore has an interest in producing an orange that plays well with rum.
The New York Times has a recent write-up on the product's origins, but it's too long a story for this space. Ferrand's offering is an excellent choice for an after-dinner sip. Nose: Bitter orange, hint of brandy, some alcohol. Palate: Dry, bitter orange, lots of spice, some cognac notes. Overall impression: Marketed to compete with Grand Marnier. Like Grand Marnier and Ferrand, Royal Combier also starts with brandy and bitter-orange peel, adding spices to round out the flavors.
Another excellent choice as a sipper. Nose: Smells strongly of rum, with orange and vanilla in the background. Palate: Tastes of an orange-flavored funky rhum agricole. Rhum dominates the palate, with hints of orange, spice, and vanilla on the finish. I find this tastes more like an orange-flavored rum and less like a rum-flavored orange liqueur.
It's perhaps a wee bit too sweet to sip on its own, but some might like that. But it's complex and funky with a hint of barrel aging. It's also one of the most surprisingly delicious products I've tasted this year. Eighteen bucks will earn you a mL bottle. The label notes that color is added; I suspect it would otherwise be clear. Nose: Orange, and some alcohol. Palate: Mildly sweet, bitter orange, moderately balanced. Some clove notes. It's markedly sweeter than Pierre Ferrand.
Reportedly, it tastes just like the orange and the clear, which means it's far less cloying and much better balanced than any other blue product on the market. Nose: Orange, some alcohol. Palate: Orange, and tastes specifically of blood oranges. Overall impression: Whereas the Mandarine Napolean smelled of mandarins and tasted mostly of sugar, this liqueur smells of generic orange but tastes very specifically of blood orange.
I was very surprised by this, pleasantly so. If you want to tweak your cocktails with an unexpected flavor profile, this is one way to go. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data.
Select personalised content. Cointreau is a « curacao » or orange liqueur, and more specifically it is a top-shelf brand of triple sec. Any other triple sec, as will other curacaos and orange liqueurs such as Grand Marnier, GranGala, Combier, various Blue Curacaos, etc, will get you a similar result, possibly with color and minor flavor changes. You can, generally, substitute another brand Triple Sec for that, since that is what Cointreau is. No, it is definitely not alcohol free.
Most are sweet and some use a neutral grain base while others feature a liquor such as brandy. It is made from a blend of Cognac brandy, distilled essence of bitter orange, and sugar. All these are interchangeable in the recipe. All these factors play a role that ultimately comprise a recipe for an orange liqueur. We believe that the Dutch trading companies made orange liqueur popular in the 17th century.
They found fruits and herbs all over the world during their voyages, and used some to make essential oils. Bols claims they used the Laraha at that time, or at least, an extract based on the Laraha.
Bols no longer uses the Laraha Orange in their distillation process. Cointreau since claims to have invented the name Triple Sec , based on the 3 different types of oranges they use. When looking at the history of Cointreau labels, they first named it Triple Sec Cointreau. This is mainly to make it easier for consumers to understand what the product is, the same as Cointreau did in their beginning.
This led to the spirit becoming more closely associated with sweetness rather than orange flavor. They range in strength from 15 to 40 percent ABV. In modern parlance, triple sec is often used as a generic term for any orange liqueur, and sometimes denotes a low-grade knock-off.
High-quality triple secs, meanwhile, can be consumed neat or as part of a cocktail.
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