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GOLDWASSER DANZIGER MINI 0,04L

Name: GOLDWASSER DANZIGER MINI 0,04L
SKU: GOLD2186
Price: 19.00 PLN
Availability: InStock

Alcohol percentage: 40%

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Danziger Goldwasser is a traditional herbal and spice liqueur bottled at 40% ABV, whose hallmark are the tiny flakes of 22-carat gold suspended in the clear liquid. The name literally means "golden water of Danzig", and the drink's origins date back to 1598 and the city of Gdańsk.

The brand's history is bound up with a Dutch émigré. The liqueur was invented by a Dutchman from De Lier, Ambrosius Vermeulen, who moved to Gdańsk and was granted citizenship of the city on 6 July 1598. In 1704 Ambrosius's grandson, Salomon Vermöllen, together with his brother-in-law, moved production to new premises on Breitgasse; at that time houses were marked with animal symbols instead of numbers, and the new factory had a salmon (German: Lachs) on its façade, hence the brand name "Der Lachs zu Danzig". After the war the recipe later passed to Hardenberg-Wilthen AG in Nörten-Hardenberg, which still sells Danziger Goldwasser throughout Europe.

The flavour is built on a complex blend of herbs and spices. The liqueur has an ABV of 40% and is flavoured with herbs and spices such as cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, lavender, thyme, coriander and juniper, with a syrupy texture. In the glass it appears as a clear liquid with gold flakes; on the nose there is anise, juniper and cinnamon with freshly cut grass and menthol, while the palate offers liquorice, anise and cinnamon, slightly sweet and syrupy yet far from cloying thanks to the balance with the alcohol and warming cinnamon, closing with a prickly, peppery, warm cinnamon finish.

The gold flakes are not merely decorative but hark back to the Renaissance context in which the drink was created. Alcohol solutions were used by artists for gilding, which is considered the inspiration for this liqueur; alchemy, at its peak in the late 16th century when Goldwasser appeared, attributed many desirable properties to gold, and native gold is known to be non-toxic to humans. This 0.04 l version is a miniature of the full-size bottle.