Ammergauer Heuliqueur (Ettaler Kloster)

Colour: Pale gold. Aroma: Meadow flowers, a barn filled with fragrant hay. Flavour & Texture: Sweet arrival with earthy spice and herb flavours. There is a little heat and a peppery note. The texture is full but not cloying and it has a very warming quality. The taste of hay lingers for a long time. I’ve never tasted a hay liqueur before but this certainly delivers positively on what you would expect. It smells and tastes grassy but not with a bright chlorophyll character. Instead it warm, cosy, earthy and genuinely makes you feel like you are resting on sweet-smelling hay bales in a barn. I thought it was delightful. Mrs Cascode thought at first it had a soapy aroma but once I told her this is mountain hay (and probably flowers) she got it at once. This was from a pack of 5 liqueur miniatures we bought from Ettal Benedictine monastery in Bavaria. “Good” : 84/100 (3.75 stars)