Love, love, love Cynar!
But, back to licorice…
Ouzo rocks!
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Really! You’re the only person I know who has said that. But then, I know of only 3 people who’ve tried it: you, me, and the person who had the bottle that I sipped a bit from (ehrgg).
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I need to find some place that serves it. I’m adventuresome when it comes to trying new spirits, but Ouzo is not one I ever see in the 250ml bottles behind the counter.
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Doooo eeeeet!!!
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I’d swear I’ve had Ouzo before, but strangely, I can’t recall any specific incidence of actually drinking it. That being said, I feel like if you’re going to drink Ouzo, you might as well go all in and have some absinthe while you’re at it. 
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i love Ouzo and absinthe, naturally. i finally got around to trying fernet branca the other evening, and that is quite an interesting addition to a cocktail, let me tell you. Cynar is still on my list of things to get and try.
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Any nice Greek restaurants around your way? Good bars usually have it but I find it may be off to the side with the less-ordered stuff like Pernod.
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I remember watching this at the time and it was a good idea poorly executed. Mind you, I could never take Sylvester McCoy seriously as The Doctor because I’d only seen him do minor, bumbling comedy parts.
Ace was ace, though.
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I noticed the Ouzo selection whilst in Binny’s last night.
Out of the three bottle options, I grabbed the one for $20.
Well, I wouldn’t drink it every day, but that definitely falls into “Yeah, I’ll drink that again” category.
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Did you add some ice? It brings out a really cool chemical reaction: the drink turns cloudy.
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Oh Canada, home of the weirdest icecream.
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Not made with real tigers. Just so we’re clear.
edit: Possibly not with real licorice either, at least in the PC version. I had never actually heard of this, despite it apparently being a Canadian classic. Google tells me Kawartha Dairy makes this flavour too, which is the one I’d like to try. Sort of a frozen licorice allsort.
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This was my sister’s fave growing up. I didn’t mind it despite hating real licorice, though, so I’d agree - not very much real licorice in there.
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I don’t really remember why, but last night I encountered something about Finnish “Tar Lion” licorice, which is apparently tar-flavored? I looked it up, and ended up with that, Salmiakki (salt licorice), and a variety bag of “Licorice Allsorts” in my cart on amazon.
I figured maybe I’d pick one to try and delete the others.
Weird part was, they all came up as $0.00 (including shipping). I don’t know why. But long story short, I’m going to be getting a variety of Finnish licorice to try, for free. Because apparently the universe wants this to happen.
I expect I’ll probably be sick of licorice by the end of summer, but I’ve never had Finnish licorice before, so it’ll be interesting.
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What sort of salmiakki?
Top tier:
Or danish
Danish is good too. Dutch isn’t bad either.
Germans do ok
Swedes aren’t bad at it either
Djungelvrål isn’t for beginners.
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My father, his friends and me have also tasted it… I would say is an adquired taste but goes well in certain cocktails.
As for my love of licorice…
Juanola medicinal pills. Minimal sugar content (only 13g per 100g!) no sugar substitutes (is basically licorice extract with a bit of menthol and solidified in brazil wax). The preferred lozenges for singers!
(not recommended if you suffer from hypertension)
I go through a couple boxes a month 
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i’m jealous as hell about this. please report back with your reviews! licorice is delish.
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These ones arrived today:
My family insisted I try it in front of them so they could see my reaction.
It’s actually very pleasant. Hard to describe. Tastes like a bonfire or a barbecue smells - the smell of burning wood or charcoal. Or kinda like those little bits that got scorched in the barbecue. The aftertaste is more of an after-feel, in that it feels like you had a cough drop. Tastes like smoke, feels like menthol. I like it.
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Pussycat and I love the Panda!
Don’t love that they’ve removed the panda from the packaging these days. These are probably weak ass to hard core licorice heads. What should we try next?
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