Escorial (Likör)

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 introduced to the market by the Anton Riemerschmid group in 1910. The inventor is Robert Riemerschmid. As sole proprietor, the product label is called Georg Hemmeter. The Escorial experienced its first boom as a cult drink in parallel with Absinthe in the 1920s. In the 1950s until the late 1970s he had his second popularity peak. Today Escorial is still produced by Georg Hemmeter GmbH and Underberg AG. The company group Riemerschmid has been part of Underberg AG since 1996.

The green herbal liqueur has an alcohol content of 56% vol. and therefore also burns when fresh ice is added and ignited. This characteristic is probably also the basis of the drinking ritual, in which the liqueur is lit before drinking. He is also often recommended for flambéing. The taste of the Escorial can be classified as light-flavored with forestry flavor. Until the 1960s there was also a yellow Escorial, which was significantly milder with 43% vol alcohol content. It is considered the original version of the Escorial liqueur.

The extent to which the name of the drink is attributable to the Spanish city of El Escorial and its monastic residency is not known. We are assuming an advertising effect similar to the Chartreuse liqueur named after a monk's monastery. Single-level Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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