Licor Beirão

Product of: Portugal

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Made in the Beira region of Portugal and flavoured with herbs and seeds, this is Portugal's best-selling liqueur where it is known simply as Beirão.

Originally produced as a medicine for stomach aches in a pharmacy in Lousã, Portugal, Beirão is flavoured with 13 botanicals including mint, cinnamon, cardamom and lavender.

Serve on-the-rocks with a slice of lemon.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 06/05/2020

Appearance:

Clear, golden amber.

Aroma:

Spearmint (TicTac-like) with eucalyptus, lavender, cinnamon and rosemary.

Taste:

Moderately sweet and syrupy. Mint dominates with underlying complex herbal and spicy notes, particularly cinnamon.

Aftertaste:

Minty, delicately spicy finish.

Overall:

Fairly sweet and minty fresh with attractive and complex floral, herbal and spicy notes.