liquiors in Santiago/Galicia

[mustbjones]

This isn't about food per se but related. After a wonderful meal in Santiago the Server brought out three bottles - one dark like Kailua, the second a chartreuse color, and the third clear. Small glasses the we so chilled that they were frosted came with the liquiors.

The dark one tasted pretty much like Kaikua, the clear tasted like moonshine (white-lightning) but we could not identify the third one. So I am asking for help in identifying all three liquiors by name. And if the are available in the US?

 

[mustbjones]

Sorry for misspelling the coffee-like liqueur name, should be Kahlua.

 

[MendiWalker]

You have encountered a Galician drink called "Orujo". The clear one is the original and base for the other two. The dark one is made with coffee and the other one is herbal. Don´t know if it´s available in U.S.

Buen Camino!

 

[Deleted member 3000]

I think they are all arujo (orujo, oruxo) based. The clear was arujo. The chartreuse was hierbas. The kahlua was arujo with coffee flavoring (or chocolate).

The Galician Coffee Liqueur is a spirit drink produced in Galicia from spirits protected by a geographical indication Marc de Galicia and ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, by macerating roasting coffee natural alcohol and / or distillation of the residue in the presence Natural roasting coffee. The minimum sugar content of 100 grams per liter.

In Galicia itself it is also sometimes referred to as augardente, and in the rest of Spain as aguardiente.

No. It is impossible to find them in the U.S.

http://www.orujodegalicia.org/que.php

 

[miguel_gp]

Yes it is aguardente (Orujo). See the Galicia section within regional variations in the link for more details.

 

[jirit]

Grab yourself a couple of bottles since it is very unlikely you are going to find them in the USA or elsewhere. I have not even seen them outside of Galicia.

There is a number of shops in Santiago that sell them. Probably the easiest bottles to transport in your pack are the stubby bottles that come inside a tube container.

You should be able to bring legally two bottles back into the states.

Great after dinner drink

 

[MKalcolm M]

The drink described is definitely Orujo, but it is not found just in Galicia, but rather all across Northern Spain. There is a fourth version which is Miel i.e. flavoured with honey. We drank all four versions from the French border to Finnestere and had many a drunken evening enjoying them. For me it is the definitive drink of the camino.

 

[Rosemary Lyons]

The definitive drink of the Camino for me was the wine poured from the hand and grown from the handful of vines from the yard of the Spaniard who invited us into his home . I shall never taste it's equal.

 

[SYates]

Pharmacies (no joke!) sell little packs of dried herbs to make 'orujo de hierbas' at home. Perhaps the easiest to transport, but you would have to use your local 'fire water' to make it. Also not sure if you are allowed to bring dried herbs into the States? Buen Camino de vuelta y SALUD! ;-) SY

 

[MendiWalker]

Why try to make orujo in the States? Lack of it back home is a very good excuse the return to the Camino!

Buen Camino!