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St Germain Elderflower Liqueur
St-Germain is the world's first elderflower liqueur, made with hand-picked elderflower petals macerated in grape neutral spirit within 48 hours of being...
Derrick Pohl
19th February 2021 at 09:28
1) Not clear whether the 180 g sugar per litre is added to the infused spirit before or after it's diluted with water to bring the alcohol content down to the 20% alc/vol of the finished product. I'm trying to find the sugar content of the finished product.
19th February 2021 at 12:02
The sugar content of the finished liqueur is 180 grams of sugar per litre.
1st June at 09:00
Has this changed, or does it differ between amrkets? The official US site says 15.2g per 1.5 oz, which would be around 340g/L, and the Swedish government Systembolaget site shows it as 376g/L and Norway's shows it as 360 g/L, all of which are significantly higher.