Lakers Bols: flavors, reviews

Liqueurs "Bols" were created by the alcoholic magnate Lukas Bols. The history of the brand is a stunning success and unprecedented popularity, which has not faded in our time. The most popular liqueurs in the world were invented in the Netherlands, a country where light drugs are legalized and the best tulips on the planet are growing. Bols's management has changed many times, but no matter what owner is at the helm, each of them sets the main task - adhere to those methods of making the drink, which the founder of the brand used.

Product History

Liqueurs "Bols" appeared in the XVI century. Then the pharmacist Lucas Bols in the capital of the Netherlands opened a small distillery called Het Lootsje. Here he cooked and sold liqueurs that insisted on herbs. Although the drinks contained alcohol, but they were positioned as medicinal fillings.

Gradually, Amsterdam began to turn into a port and a world-class shopping center. Every day new seasonings, herbs and spices were brought here. A small distillery begins to develop dynamically, and new liqueurs "Bols" appear. Lucas Bols opens up new aromatic combinations and tastes. His constant experiments led to the lightning rise of the corporation Bols.

For about 250 years, the leadership of the empire was carried out exclusively by members of the family of Lucas Bols. But when her last male heir died, the company was acquired by the financier Gabriel Waut. It happened in 1816.

New life of the old corporation

Liqueurs "Bols" have become popular and recognizable throughout the planet, so the company that produces them was able to preserve its historical name. The success of the enterprise was unlimited, but, despite this, in 1868 it was again transferred to other owners. This time all the rights to the firm were acquired by the Moltzer family. It is these owners over 30 years of management of the company that increased the volume of production and sale of the drink and built three new plants.

This time representatives of the empire were christened "The Epoch of Moltzer". It was Moltzer's marketing policy that Bols (liquor) became popular abroad and it began to be bought by almost all European royal houses. Distributed around the world and factories, which were called and called Lucas Bols.

Bols's modern liqueurs are produced according to the same recipes and technologies as four centuries ago. Today the company creates 38 kinds of various liqueurs, which it sells in 200 countries of the world. The strength of drinks is 17-50%.

The line of liqueurs "Bols"

Lucas Bols and his followers have created many varieties of famous liquor. Current producers continue to develop new flavors, which are adapted to the company's old family recipes. So, we can distinguish the most popular types of liquor Bols:

1. Bols - Lychee (Lychee) - the drink has the taste and aroma of litchi berries. The strength of the product is 17%.
2. Bols Gold Strike ("Gold Strike") - strong alcohol, which includes a mixture of nuts, roots, a variety of forest grasses, orange peel with Curacao and natural cinnamon infusion. The bottle with a drink is decorated with thin petals made of real gold.
3. Bols Coffee ("Coffee") - the product has a taste of coffee. His fortress reaches 24%. Thanks to the percolation of the granules of Colombian coffee, it is possible to achieve the coffee taste of liquor.
4. Bols Butterscotch ("Butterscotch") - is distinguished by the taste of the toffee caramel and natural toffee.
5. Bols Coconut ("Coconut") - the fortress of the product is 17% and is made on the basis of coconut and light rum.
6. Bols Banana ("Banana") - as the name suggests, the liqueur has the taste of a banana. Also it feels vanilla. Its fortress is 17%. Natural banana extract is used as raw material for the preparation of this variety.
7. Bols Kirsh ("Kirsch") - a drink with the smell and taste of distilled and fermented cherries. The liquor is transparent in appearance and contains a natural juice of the Black Forest cherries, which are called kirsch.

This is by no means all the types of liquors that exist today. We described only the most common.

The most-popular drink

The most sold, successful and famous drink in the line Bols is the Blue Curacao liqueur . In the Russian version, this name sounds like "Blue Curacao". Alcohol has an orange smell and taste. His fortress reaches 21%. For the production of this version of the product use the natural aromas of red oranges, tangerines and oranges that are grown in South Asia.

Blue Curacao is characterized by a deep blue hue. It is best to drink this drink in its pure form, adding a little ice. This species is a real star in a series of liquors from Lucas Bols. Previously, this drink was called Crème de Ciel, and today it is one of the oldest flavors of the entire Bols palette. "Blue Caracao" - a great ingredient for many cocktails.

Liquor with inconspicuous name

The cream-liqueur Advocaat has a very quiet name, but no other liquor from the Bols series has achieved such stunning success as "Advocate". Even the "Blue Karakao" can not boast such popularity. Advocaat is an egg creamy drink with a yellow bright tint. It smells like almonds, ripe banana and vanilla. Such a composition evokes an extraordinary appetite.

Insist the product on the grape brandy. Therefore, "Advocate" can be not only an amazing aperitif, but also an excellent digestive: a huge portion of sugar in a drink is responsible for its sweetness.

Bols Bols Advocaat's original recipe was brought from Brazil. There, the basis of the drink included avocado, which gave the name of this variety of liquor. The recipe was borrowed from the colonists from Portugal, but instead of avocados they started using egg yolks.

The special luster Bols

All of its products are made by the Dutch company from natural ingredients. All drinks have a taste of fruits, fragrant herbs and berries. The most successful among them were the orange versions: Bols Triple Sec and Bols Blue.

Only this company produces foam liqueurs. On the bottle with such a drink there is a special nozzle that turns the contents of the container into a huge cloud of bubbles. It lasts about a quarter of an hour. Such liqueurs are the basis of the branded foam cocktails "Bols".

All bottles of liquors are like bowls, which are used in bowling. Bols is translated as "skittles". Maybe that's why bottles have this design.

Reviews about liqueurs

Each liquor "Bols" reviews gets enthusiastic. The taste of any of the types of gourmets is marked as thin, tender and fresh. Also people say that all the liqueurs are beautiful both in pure form and in a variety of cocktails. According to those individuals who have already experienced the unusual tastes of the Bols line of liqueurs, they lost a lot without trying the famous beverages before. After you try these products, you will immediately want to add to them the collection of your bar.

All drinks represent an unsurpassed taste range, which in cocktails and in pure form "sounds" differently. To have at least one type of popular alcohol in your home is considered a great honor, and any gourmet will tell you about it.