Liquore Galliano L'Autentico

Galliano is a sweet herbal liqueur created in 1896 by Italian distiller Arturo Vaccari of Livorno, Tuscany, and named after Giuseppe Galliano. It is made with natural ingredients including star anise, Mediterranean anise, juniper berry, musk yarrow, lavender, peppermint, cinnamon and vanilla. Neutral alcohol is infused with pressings from the herbs except vanilla, then distilled and infused with separately pressed vanilla. In the final stage, distilled water, refined sugar and pure neutral alcohol are blended with the base. Vanillin, sugar and glucose syrup are used for flavouring and sweetening, with caramel and tartrazine for colour. The flavour is sweet, with vanilla-anise and subtle citrus and woodsy herbal undernotes. It is used as a digestivo and in cocktails such as the Harvey Wallbanger, Yellow Bird, Golden Cadillac and Golden Dream.