Marka Nordic Bitter

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (2 ratings)

alc./vol: 35%

Proof: 70°

Vintage: Non-vintage

Aged: No age statement

Product of: Product of Norway Norway

This Norwegian digestive bitter is made from an infusion of 16 botanicals and is rested in oak casks for several months prior to bottling. Marka is named after Nordmarka, a forested region to the north Oslo. ‘Nord’ is Norwegian for 'north' while ‘marka’ refers to a woodland or forest.

Botanicals: bog myrtle, yarrow, juniper berries, meadowsweet, heather flowers, chamomile flowers, elderflowers, rose hips, gentian, rhubarb root, calamus root, rowan berries, wormwood, angelica root, dandelion and St. John’s wort.

Review and Tasting


Sampled on 01/02/2016

Appearance:

Hazy, honeyed golden amber.

Aroma:

Herbal and delicately spiced. Camomile, bog myrtle, wormwood and complex herbal aromas, cinnamon and white pepper with menthol freshness.

Taste:

Dry, bitter, intense and invigorating with very light underlying honeyed sweetness. Camomile and tea tannins with gentian and calamus bitterness.

Aftertaste:

Lingering wormwood bitterness with floral camomile.

Overall:

As the name suggest this is a bitter liqueur but with a light honeyed sweetness bolstering camomile floral notes over tea-like tannins and rooty bitterness. A superbly complex digestive. Only a lack of filtration to clear and remove the risk of sedimentation disappoints.

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