Escubac is an impressive, handsomely presented liqueur produced as a collaboration between Sweetdram (a collective of distillers now based in Edinburgh) and Combier (a long-running French distillery in Saumur). It's a re-imagining of a traditional, long-forgotten French liqueur, featuring notes of caraway, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, coriander, cubeb, green anise, lemon, liquorice, sweet and bitter orange, nutmeg, star anise and vanilla. Excellent as an aperitif, this can be enjoyed over ice or with tonic water if you prefer a longer serve.
Spiced orange pomander balls, creamy vanilla and warm, winter spices, with a touch of liquorice.
Love this stuff! Honestly can't get enough of it with tonic! I love gin as much as the next person but Escubac is great to have around the house for something a bit different at the weekend. Super tasty and refreshing with tonic and some lemon - and the bottle is stunning!
I tried this in a hipster-y bar in town before I sunk cash into a bottle of the stuff. Sweetdram themselves advise it as a gin substitute in a G&T, so I wilfully obliged and had it with some nice FeverTree tonic. I wasn't disgusted, but underwhelmed: this tastes like a barely more sophisticated Jaegermeister, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but not my cup of tea, or E&T
Complex, with herbal notes and a rich, interesting taste. Highly recommended. I bought a bottle for my grandparents who love a GnT and they were blown away by its complexity. Will be buying more of this for sure.
This is the best liqueur I have ever tasted I'm on my 3rd bottle, I hasten to add this is in well over a year! I first read about it in the Sunday Times, thought that’s the drink for me and ordered one immediately. I don't bother with any other liqueur now. The flavours are subtle deliciously sophisticated and it mixes brilliantly with tonic water. All I hope is it catches on so it never goes out of production. Praise in bottles full for the blenders at SweetDram.
Exceptional. One of the best liqueurs ever tried. I've worked in some prestigious cocktail and premium spirits bars and I've never tried anything like this. Compliments to the boys at SweetDram. Lovely rounded cardamom and cinnamon base notes, zingy citrus top notes, it has the appeal of gin in its complexity but with dimensions you can't achieve with gin alone. It has slight medicinal qualities of classic French and Italian amaros but nothing so aggressive that it would deter first time drinkers. But the most striking is the balance and the emergent flavour is truly unique. Above all, it's sophisticated but unassuming and somehow never seems grandiose. Delicious on ice, or with tonic (personal favourite). There will always be a place in my cabinet for Escubac.
