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The first ouzo distillery was founded in Tyrnavos in 1856 by Nikolaos Katsaros, giving birth to the famous ouzo Tyrnavou. When absinthe fell into disfavor in the early 20th century, ouzo was one of the products whose popularity rose to fill the gap; it was once called "a substitute for absinthe without the wormwood ". [ 3 ]
Ouzo Plomari (Greek: Ούζο Πλωμάρι) is the name of a historic Greek ouzo company on the island of Lesvos, Greece. It was founded in 1894 by Isidoros Arvanitis, a native of Plomari . [ 1 ] The company exports to more than 40 countries.
This is a list of national liquors.A national liquor is a distilled alcoholic beverage considered standard and respected in a given country. While the status of many such drinks may be informal, there is usually a consensus in a given country that a specific drink has national status or is the "most popular liquor" in a given nation.
According to the brand website, a character named Dr. Aloysius Percival McGillicuddy created the liqueur. He lived in the late 19th century as a bartender in an old western town. [7] In 2016, Sazerac launched several Dr. McGillicuddy branded flavored whiskeys; Apple, Peach, Honey and Blackberry. They are all 60 proof. [8]
Tsantali was a Greek wine and liquor producer. The company was founded in East Thrace (now part of Turkey), and originally produced ouzo and tsipouro.After its move westward to Macedonia, it increasingly focused on wine production, which by 2005 accounted for approximately four-fifths of its production volume and just under half its revenue, making it one of the two major wine companies of ...
Anise drinks is a family of alcoholic beverages with defining characteristics such as: . Strong flavour of anise; High concentration of alcohol; Crystallization and colour changing when mixed with other liquids (ouzo effect)
The most popular producer is Joseph Gold & Sons, a winery established in 1824 in Haifa by the Gold family, which formerly made vodka in Ukraine before establishing an arak distillery in Israel. The winery, which later moved to Tirat Carmel outside Haifa, produces different arak brands, including Elite Arak, Alouf Arak and Amir Arak. [ 12 ]
The ouzini is a mixed alcoholic cocktail invented by the novelist Michael Paraskos as an alternative national drink of Cyprus to the ubiquitous brandy sour. [1] [2]Using only native Cypriot ingredients, including Cypriot ouzo, the drink was invented in response to a campaign launched in 2014 by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation to encourage restaurants in Cyprus to offer customers Cypriot ...