Giffard Crème Banane (Banana) bar liqueur /25%/0.7l

The Giffards come from the Loire Valley and for years were involved in the textile trade. The first to break with the family tradition was Émile Giffard, a graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Poitiers.

Shortly after his studies, he returned to his hometown and opened a pharmacy in the center of Angers. Émile was equally devoted to developing recipes for panaceas and alcoholic beverages. His first proposal was Chottin, a bitter aperitif based on quinine. However, the breakthrough in his career came in 1885 with the creation of Menthe-Pastille, and consequently, his career as a chemist changed to that of a distiller. The company founded by Émile remains in the hands of the family to this day and is managed by his great-great-grandsons, Bruno and Edith Giffard. They produce several dozen liqueurs and as many bar syrups; the former also include fruit creams bottled with a lower alcohol content and higher sugar content.

The Crème de Banane presented here is created by slowly macerating ripe bananas in neutral alcohol. Its palette includes fresh bananas as well as notes of banana chips and banana cake. Giffard recommends serving it in a Banana Boomer cocktail (30ml vodka, 30ml Crème de Banane, 15ml Giffard Cherry Brandy, 15ml Giffard Apricot Brandy, 22.5ml orange juice and 22.5ml pineapple juice).