Ve De Di Triple Sec Liqueur (70cl, 40%)

Ve De Di Triple Sec is a Vietnamese orange liqueur from Về Để Đi, a Hanoi distillery founded in 2020 by Quan Hung Nguyen and Michael Rosen. It uses green-skinned cam sành oranges from Hà Giang province rather than Curaçao or Mediterranean oranges. The peels steep for 24 hours in a column-distilled spirit made from Red River rice, the infusion is redistilled in a pot still, and the result is sweetened with sugar from Nghe An and bottled at 40% ABV in a 700 ml bottle. On the nose it shows zesty citrus oils, fresh-squeezed juice, candied peel and orange blossom; the palate is punchy and oily with concentrated mandarin oil, and the finish carries a slight earthy bitterness.