in 1863, almost 100 years later, discovered the secret recipe in an old manuscript. Alexandre finetuned the formula and baptised the liquor with its present name.
Chartreuse liquors are based on a very complex recipe aged centuries. It took a while to decipher the original that was gradually adapted. The French revolution was a bad time for recipes but eventually the monks got their secret back.
BONAL was a Gentiane - Quina liquor with motto
Ouvre l'appetit
or gives appetite
This painting with the Basque type face is the youngest of both versions. It was painted over an earlier version identical to the picture right. Look carefully for the traces: oblique text, scripted Liqueur.
Covering, once again, an older version and showing how the brand tries to become more Basque than before.
Painted on a wooden canvas. Notice that sun nor snow are mentioned. The bottles tell us that the brand comes in two tastes: green and yellow.
Strega was developed in 1860 by father and son from Benevento where the company is still situated next to the train station.
It is a concoction of about 70 herbs and spices from all over the world. The liqueur gets its characteristic yellow colour from saffron.
More at the company's website: www.strega.it (latest check 17.vii.2023)
Initially, Pernod was an absinthe concoction made in Switzerland and later in Pontarlier (France). Because absinthe was outlawed in the beginning of the 20th century the then Pernod Fils company switched to anis.
More about the history of Cutty Sark and how and realised that there was a need to create a new style of blended whisky can be found at the company's website (latest check 17.vii.2023).
Originally made as a medicin for the lungs in 1860 by the pharmacist . It contained several aromatic plants, spices and pine buds (hence the logo) and it was described as a hygienic tar (because of the pines). Very popular in the 1920s and then sold as an aperitif. Faded away after the death of Pauline, Paul's wife, who was responsable for the advertising.
More history on the website of the brand (French only; latest check 17.vii.2023).
Vat 69 was first made in 1882 by - a liquor manufacturer from Leith, Scotland.
The House of Sandeman was founded in London in 1790 by , a young Scotsman from Perth who borrowed a substantial amount of money to invest in a wine trading business with products from Porto and Jerez.
Born in Couvet (Switserland) in 1823
(father: ) as an absinthe
and later redesigned into anis.
A Marie Brizard brand since 1995.
This ad is part of a great wall
with other brands:
Renault lubricants,
kitchens Luxor.
VEB means Volkseigener Betrieb, or factory of the people, and stems from the East Germany period.
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