They are technically a sweetened & flavoured Liquor. Their origins of some of them are interesting and the substance gives them their unique flavour. Absinthe: was invented in 1797 by Dr Pierre Ordinaire. It was one of the first liqueurs to be advertised. It was shrouded in controversy due to one of its ingredients-wormwood. It gained notoriety because of the ’ Absinthe Murder’- Jean Lanfray, a labourer was convicted of murdering his wife and two children in a drunken rage, supposedly after having two shots of Absinthe. It was banned in USA in 1912, followed by many other countries.
What’s in that ‘Liqueur’?
What’s in that ‘Liqueur’?
What’s in that ‘Liqueur’?
They are technically a sweetened & flavoured Liquor. Their origins of some of them are interesting and the substance gives them their unique flavour. Absinthe: was invented in 1797 by Dr Pierre Ordinaire. It was one of the first liqueurs to be advertised. It was shrouded in controversy due to one of its ingredients-wormwood. It gained notoriety because of the ’ Absinthe Murder’- Jean Lanfray, a labourer was convicted of murdering his wife and two children in a drunken rage, supposedly after having two shots of Absinthe. It was banned in USA in 1912, followed by many other countries.