Liqueur "Van Tallin" at home: composition. How and with what to drink liquor "Van Tallin"?

Many tourists from Estonia bring as a souvenir a strong liquor, called Vana Tallinn. The name of the alcoholic beverage is translated as "Old Tallinn". And although the liquor was invented relatively recently, in 1962, it really conveys the spirit of the capital of Estonia. An ancient city with cobbled streets and tiled roofs seems to appear before us with the first gulp of a sticky drink. And you can even hear the cries of seagulls over the bay of Tallinn. In this article we will taste this liqueur. How to serve it and with what to drink? Can I create a liquor "Van Tallin" at home? What is its composition? And what kind of cocktails can be prepared with the addition (or on the basis of) "Old Tallinn"? Read all about this below.

What kind of liqueurs are "Old Tallinn"

The first sample of this product came out forty-five degrees. The creators of "Van Tallinn", Bernard Yurmo and Jaan Seimo, felt that such a fortress is inherent in the capital of Estonia. The classic drink has the color of dark chocolate and a light taste of the Roma of Jamaica (which, by the way, is included in its composition). In a rich bouquet weave the sharp notes of citrus, softened by the convexity of vanilla. A small amount of cinnamon tells the drink pleasant warmth and burning. When the main producer of the "Old Tallinn" - the firm "Liviko" - went to the European market, immediately flanners of classic liquor were created. So, for the hot Scandinavian guys appeared "Strong" - a fifty-degree drink. In favor of the inhabitants of Western Europe, the power of the "Classics" was reduced to forty. This "Old Tallinn" is called "Original". And, finally, specially for ladies, there was a sixteen degree liquor with a delicate taste of cream. And despite the fact that the Estonians themselves, regardless of gender, prefer the classic "Old Tallinn", this liqueur grows with variations. So, recently, in 2006, flaxers of a sixteen percent drink with chocolate and orange cream liqueurs appeared. And absolutely new items (2013) - "Winter" and "Summer". In the first added all sorts of spices, which brings together liquor with mulled wine. And "Summer Lime" is enriched with essential oils of citrus and mint.

Liqueur "Wana Tallinn": how to drink

The culture of consumption of the drink is not as strict as it seems. Every Estonian will tell you that "Old Tallinn is a classic" you need to drink solo. You can only add a few ice cubes to the glass. Serve this liqueur in glasses for whiskey. However, this rule is violated by the Estonians themselves. In the cold season, "Vana Tallinn" of a high fortress is served to coffee. And mix both drinks to the guest. Separately served a cup of coffee and a glass with "Old Tallinn". Cream liqueurs serve the bartenders as a great help for building various cocktails. "Old Tallinn" is perfectly combined with other alcoholic beverages. Pour these cocktails into glasses for long drinks.

"Wana Tallinn": with what to drink

This liqueur is not snacked with pickled cucumber. He had to drink really solo - small sips, to feel all the edges of the bouquet and enjoy a long aftertaste. If you use "Old Tallinn" with coffee, then you can serve a variety of desserts. Especially liqueur is good with chocolate. In the cafe of Tallinn in the summer they pour, as a topping, an ice cream ball. A winter drink can be eaten with gingerbread. Summer - fruits. Well, in a variety of cocktails, which include "Vana Tallinn", you must rely on your own flair. Drinks can be served with olives. To pretentious longs - ice cream and desserts.

Recipes of cocktails. Coffee drink

Estonian liquor "Van Tallin" is ideally combined with syrups, juice, milk or cream, as well as other alcohol. This liveliness gives scope for imagination. As the climate in Estonia disposes of warming drinks, barmen have gone on the way of adding liquor to hot coffee. The recipe for the simplest cocktail is as follows. In a cup of hot black coffee pour a thin trickle liquor "Old Tallinn". But lovers of Makiyat and Latte did not remain offended. Soon there were recipes for cocktails based on coffee with milk. We pour two hundred milliliters of hot arabica into the heat-resistant tall glass. In a thin trickle, add 40 ml of "Old Tallinn". Separately beat the foam warm milk. We decorate her with a cocktail. Top with chocolate powder or ground cinnamon. The same can be done with latte.

Refreshing cocktails

The ideal basis for these drinks will be the summer liquor "Van Tallin", which is also called "Summer Lime". In fact, he himself looks like a cocktail - a kind of Estonian "Mojito". But you can apply the authentic 45-degree "Old Tallinn" and its more and less strong brothers. The simplest recipe for a refreshing cocktail is to mix the clarified apple juice with the liquor in equal proportions. A tall glass can be decorated with a star of carambola or a slice of lemon. Another recipe for the cocktail, under the eloquent title "Van Tallin Mojito." Tear the mint leaves into a glass, pour brown sugar on it, cut it into small pieces of lime and all this will be thoroughly weeded out. Fill the container with crushed ice. Circular movements of the will of forty milliliters of "Old Tallinn". We will complement the glass to the brim of the soda. And, finally, a recipe for a holiday drink. In a chilled champagne glass, pour twenty milliliters of liquor "Old Tallinn". We bow the glass by forty-five degrees. Carefully, on the edge, we add champagne to the glass. We must try to keep the two liquids from mixing.

Is it possible to prepare liquor "Old Tallinn" at home

Estonians themselves insist that the recipe of a national alcoholic beverage is kept in the strictest secrecy. But do not forget that the first bottle of liquor was released in the Soviet Union. And GOST could not stand any magic and secrets. Therefore, there is nothing secret in how to prepare the liquor "Van Tallin". Its composition does not represent anything particularly exotic. Instead of a natural Jamaican rum, the Soviet manufacturer did not hesitate to apply the extract or essence. Further, burnt sugar entered the structure , which added a dark caramel color to the liqueur. The required fortress was achieved by adding alcohol. Flavor was made with vanilla pods, cinnamon sticks and essential oils of citrus. As you can see, no five-year aging in barrels of limousine oak from under sherry or double distillation in special vats is not required.

The recipe for homemade liquor. Essence

Note that the modern manufacturer, the company "Liviko", makes "Old Tallinn" with the addition of natural rum, which, as you can be sure, after reading the label, add at least the third part. To create a "Van Tallin" at home, you need to gently cut the orange peel from four mandarins and one large orange. Three zest, put a teaspoon (without top) of ground cinnamon and a pinch of vanillin. We pour it all juice from half a lemon. In a saucepan pour two hundred grams of sugar and moisten it with a small amount of water. We put on the fire. When the syrup is tempered (it will turn dark brown and will leave a long string behind the spoon), put the fragrant zest into it. Dilute a liter of diluted alcohol to fifty degrees. Shake it up and put it on a week in a warm place. Double filter.

Preparation of liqueur

We got the essence. One hundred milliliters of this concentrate should take six hundred milliliters of Jamaican (better dark) rum, 300 ml of a fifty-degree solution of alcohol and syrup, cooked from half a glass of water and three hundred and fifty grams of sugar. All this should be mixed in a bottle. We taste. Perhaps you need to add alcohol for the fortress, sugar or burnt caramel for better color? If all the parameters suit us, we seal it and let it brew for a week (or even better two). After that, we decant the liquor "Van Tallin" through a tube to remove from the sediment. Once again we will filter the drink. And enjoy.