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Two-hundred-year-old spirit resides in bottle of mysterious liqueur
The exact recipe is top secret: from nutmeg pulp, citrus fruit from the mountains and Grenada's spices a small family-run business brews the exotic La Grenade liqueur. Yet the most important ingredient is definitely the 200-year-old spirit of legendary Captain Louis de la Grenade…
By Bernhard Grdseloff
Ancestral spirit in the bottle: Dr. La Grenade
The old warhorse was the leader of the civil militia fighting a slave rebellion in the 18th century. “The recipe for the liqueur was given to him by a Dutch missionary in return for a trip on the Captain’s ship,” explains Dr. Cécile La Grenade, descendant of the plantation owner and manager of today’s family-run business. “My mother started producing this beverage commercially after it had been made to meet private needs only for many generations.”
The mysterious potion, which raked in a gold medal in Brussels, is said to have magical powers: rub the Captain’s head on the label, take a swig, and wish you were in Grenada. In any case you’ll have the scent of nutmeg in your nose and the taste of the spices on your tongue…
The mysterious potion, which raked in a gold medal in Brussels, is said to have magical powers: rub the Captain’s head on the label, take a swig, and wish you were in Grenada. In any case you’ll have the scent of nutmeg in your nose and the taste of the spices on your tongue…