Escorial (liqueur)
Escorial is a herbal liqueur that has an extremely high alcohol content and is modeled on the French Chartreuse .
The herbal liqueur Escorial was first brought onto the market in 1910 by the Anton Riemerschmid group . Robert Riemerschmid is considered the inventor . Georg Hemmeter is named on the product label as the sole manufacturer. The Escorial experienced its first boom as a cult drink in parallel with absinthe in the 1920s. It had its second popularity peak in the 1950s through the late 1970s. Today Escorial is still manufactured by Georg Hemmeter GmbH and Underberg AG. The Riemerschmid group has been part of Underberg AG since 1996.
The green herbal liqueur has an alcohol content of 56% vol and therefore burns even when fresh ice is added and lit. This property is probably also the basis of the drinking ritual , in which the liqueur is lit before drinking. It is also often recommended for flambéing . In terms of taste, the Escorial can be classified as slightly sweet with a woodruff aroma. Until the 1960s there was also a yellow Escorial, which was much milder with 43% alcohol by volume. It is considered the original version of the Escorial liqueur.
It is not known to what extent the name of the drink can be traced back to the Spanish city of El Escorial and the monastery residence there . A similarity to the Chartreuse liqueur named after a monastery is assumed to be effective in advertising .
Individual evidence
Web links
- The Escorial website
- Homepage of the manufacturer Riemerschmid
- Praterinsel: The History of the Riemerschmid Family ( Memento from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )