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Rīgas Melnais Balzams

↳ from Riga, Latvia

A dark, bitter herbal liqueur made in Riga since 1752 from 24 natural ingredients. A national symbol of Latvia.

History

Abraham Kunze, a Riga pharmacist, supposedly created it in 1752 as a medicine. It was later sold in ceramic bottles.

Ingredients

  • Neutral spirit
  • 24 herbs, roots and spices
  • Peruvian balsam
  • Birch buds
  • Oak bark
  • Honey

How it's made

  1. Prepare infusions of herbs, roots and balsam
  2. Blend the infusions with spirit
  3. Age in oak casks
  4. Filter
  5. Bottle in a ceramic flask

Famous brands & makers

  • Riga Black Balsam (Latvijas Balzams)

For readers of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.

Ratings & notes

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