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Pairidaeza

Pairidaeza
Creme De Banane Fruit Liqueur

Category: Fruit Liqueur

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 25%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$37

Pairidaeza
Creme De Banane Fruit Liqueur

Category: Fruit Liqueur

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 25%
Light golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of banana, caramelized banana, bananas foster, and banana bread with a glycerous, crisp, fruity medium-to-full body and a tingling, interesting, medium-length finish with overtones of bananas foster, banana bread, and banana bread pudding or chocolate banana marble cake. Repping every form of roasted, baked, and caramelized banana; a fascinating and scrumptious dessert drink.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: banana, caramelized banana, bananas foster, and banana bread
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of bananas foster, banana bread, and banana bread pudding or chocolate banana marble cake
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, on the rocks and neat
Cocktail Cocktails: Amaretto Sour, Pimm's Cup
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Repping every form of roasted, baked, and caramelized banana; a fascinating and scrumptious dessert drink.

The Importer

Preiss Imports, LLC

The Importer
432 Maple Street, Suite 4
Ramona, CA 92065
USA
1 760-789-9000

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Fruit Liqueur

Spirits Glass Copita Ruby.jpg
Serve in a Copita
Fruit liqueurs are produced by two main methods, either purely with fruit juices or sometimes with fruit that has been steeped in alcohol. Numerous fruits are used in the production of fruit liqueurs, such as cherry, strawberry, raspberry, cassis and blackberry. Alcoholic content ranges from 15% to 30%.

These types of fruit liqueurs are produced throughout Europe, from France and Italy to Germany and Denmark. There are also some produced from the Caribbean, namely coconut liqueur.

While many of these fruit liqueurs are medium-sweet or even sweeter, there are some that are quite dry with a light bitterness. Most are meant for consumption on their own, sometimes before a meal, sometimes after.

This is an extremely popular category the world round, as many fruit liqueurs serve as the base of numerous cocktails.