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The thread on cruises got me thinking about the bottle the wife and I picked up on our cruise late last year. Sheridan's Coffee Layered Liqueur, 1ltr bottle comprised of 2 sections fused together, 670ml of coffee chocolate liqueur and 330ml of vanilla cream liqueur. 31 proof. Not available in the US, about $28-30 duty free.
Joe Sheridan was famous for his Irish Coffee (thanks to ThankYouForNotSmoking for the link) for years and years before Sheridan's Coffee Layered Liqueur was released. Out since the early 90's it competes with better known brands like Baileys (the number one selling liqueur brand in the world) and it's numerous imitators. A much more flavorful and better product IMO it does cost a third more then the others in the same field and has had limited marketing making it somewhat unknown even in areas where it is sold.
Unlike it's one bottle competition which has everything mixed together Sheridan's tries to replicate the Irish Coffee look buy having a split bottle pouring out 2 liqueurs with the coffee sinking and the cream rising to form a shot glass sized Irish Cream drink. They seem to have the combination just right as the chocolate-coffee comes through the vanilla-cream in just the right proportion but with a smoothness not found in a true Irish Coffee. There aren't too many after dinner liqueurs that can be considered classics, Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Chambord, Bénédictine and a handful of others and to this list Sheridan's should be added. The wife and I really like this stuff. :thumbs:
Joe Sheridan was famous for his Irish Coffee (thanks to ThankYouForNotSmoking for the link) for years and years before Sheridan's Coffee Layered Liqueur was released. Out since the early 90's it competes with better known brands like Baileys (the number one selling liqueur brand in the world) and it's numerous imitators. A much more flavorful and better product IMO it does cost a third more then the others in the same field and has had limited marketing making it somewhat unknown even in areas where it is sold.
Unlike it's one bottle competition which has everything mixed together Sheridan's tries to replicate the Irish Coffee look buy having a split bottle pouring out 2 liqueurs with the coffee sinking and the cream rising to form a shot glass sized Irish Cream drink. They seem to have the combination just right as the chocolate-coffee comes through the vanilla-cream in just the right proportion but with a smoothness not found in a true Irish Coffee. There aren't too many after dinner liqueurs that can be considered classics, Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Chambord, Bénédictine and a handful of others and to this list Sheridan's should be added. The wife and I really like this stuff. :thumbs:
