Rhubarb Liqueur Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What liquor is made from rhubarb? ›

Rhubarb Liqueur, infused with orange and ginger, is a sweet but tangy liqueur. Perfect to enjoy as a liqueur, spritzer or co*cktail with an award winning taste and beautiful pink/red color.

Inspired by the love of the unique flavour of rhubarb, Rhucello is a liqueur made with Yorkshire rhubarb. The Rhubarb Triangle is a 9-square-mile triangle in West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell famous for producing early forced rhubarb. Rhubarb thrives in the wet cold winters in Yorkshire.

Rhubarb pairs well with a variety of flavours in co*cktails, some of the most popular include: Citrus: Rhubarb's tartness pairs well with citrus fruits such as lemon, lime, and orange. These flavours can be added in the form of juice or zest and help to balance out the sweetness of the rhubarb.

Using a hightball glass full over ice pour 50cl of Penrhos Rhubarb and let it run over the ice. Add a squeeze or fresh orange (or a splash of orange juice) and top up with ginger beer or ale. Garnish with mint – top tip, make sure you smack your mint to release the flavour!

This Rhubarb Gin Liqueur is a combination of London Dry Gin with premium rhubarb. Taking the fresh, tart notes of the fruit and gently sweetening them to create a spirit that is 100% Sheringham.

Another story about the possible origin of this variety name claims that in the past, Champagne was enriched with rhubarb. Typically, this rhubarb was eaten as a side dish, used in pies, compotes, jams or sauces, and occasionally used to produce homemade rhubarb-wine.

Rhubarb liqueur has a delightful rhubarb flavor (and color), and it's just sweet enough to enjoy on it's own. Or, add it to your favorite rhubarb co*cktails!

Crisp apple slices compliment rhubarb's flavor as well, along with other in-season fruits, like plums and peaches. However, there's a softer, floral flavor that might just be the ultimate match for this sharp-tasting veggie, and that's lavender.

Rhubarb, when mixed with strawberries, gives you that sourness to balance the sweetness and the complexity.

That strawberries and rhubarb seem to go together in many recipes may be linked to a combination of the palate-pleasing sweet-sour blending of flavors and because both grow in the spring.

What mixer goes with rhubarb gin liqueur? ›

If someone likes ginger in general, then a Rhubarb Gin mixer we always suggest is Ginger Ale, or Ginger Beer if you want to up the spiciness.

London Dry gin is distilled with botanicals, otherwise flavouring is added after distillation. If your rhubarb is pink, the Rhubarb Gin will be pink. Green rhubarb gives the same flavour but a more amber colour.

Why Use a Cucumber Garnish? Adding cucumber to your gin and tonic brings a fresh, mellow and sometimes floral or sweet character, and so it typically harmonises with fresh, smooth and summery gins.

Absinthe is an herb-infused alcohol derived from fennel, anise, and the leaves and flowers of a small shrub called wormwood (otherwise known as Artemisia absinthium).

Koskenkorva's rhubarb liqueur, prosecco, and a splash of mineral water. Garnish with an orange slice, or maybe a rhubarb stalk if it's in season.

Frangelico is made in a similar manner to some other nut liqueurs: nuts are crumbled up and combined with cocoa, vanilla berries, and other natural flavors, and then left to soak in the base spirit. After the spirit has absorbed the flavor of the ingredients, the liqueur is filtered, sweetened, and bottled.

Mammoth Strawberry Rhubarb Vodka - Mammoth Distilling.