Copy or cheaper versions of spirits and liqueurs?

Lynsey

Coming up to Xmas and any good value "copy" drinks out there.

Aldi Amaretto for £4.99 50cl

Josef Meier's Herbal Liqueur is supposed to be like Jagermeister and £12 in Asda 70cl

Any good ones??

Lynsey

andrewmp

Aldi's Baileys rip off is decent enough.

Steve059

Make your own ...

ISLE OF ISLAY CREAM

Makes approx. 1 litre

INGREDIENTS

400g tin of condensed milk
170g tin of evaporated milk
300ml carton of single cream
250ml of Scotch whisky
4 teaspoons of coffee essence

METHOD

Pour the milk and cream into a 1 litre jug or bowl.

Add the whisky and coffee essence.

Stir together.

Pour into a clean 1 litre bottle.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Adjust the amount of coffee essence to taste.

The original recipe specified UHT long-life single cream, but this can now be difficult to find. Use normal single cream instead.

Don’t use your best single malt for this. Any cheap supermarket own-brand blend will do.

TIPS

Use the whisky to wash out the milk and cream containers, then add it to the bowl.

This will keep in the fridge. However, I don't know how long it will keep for: it’s never stayed around long enough to go off.

bargainbetty

Lidl's rip off Baileys is nicer than Baileys, IMO. Only costs £4 per bottle too.

The Jack Daniels ripoff is tolerable if you're adding mixers anyway, but I couldn't sip it neat. Gives you a bad hangover too - worse than the branded one.

DigForVictory

Depends on intended usage.
Cloned drinks - your mileage may vary and after the first hour, who'll know anyway?
"Ingredient" drinks like vodka in fruit vodkas - buy at Aldi & enjoy them as an ingredient...

5555tt

Whats stopping Baileys from just adding half a drop of whiskey or even blowing vapor over it & then stating Irish whisky added .as RIP off food is showing ,these companies are willing to flaunt the laws & can get away with it legally .Its up to customers to take a stand

Florasaurus

Aldi's amaretto is incredible, much nicer than the proper stuff I think

DO NOT DRINK JOSEF!!! It's hideous and icky and gross and wrong on so many levels... Just don't do it!!

Aldi's peach schnapps isn't as good as Archers in my opinion, it's got more of a sharp taste

mum2one

I find if I buy a cheaper own brand vodka, I put it through the water filter a few times this gets rid of some of the "cheaper taste" - then rinse the filter through a couple of times.

Peach Schapps - Iceland version - bit sharper in taste the the original but if your having it with a mixer doesnt taste to bad.

Iceland - version of malibu - for me I would say 8/10 compared to the normal malibu

Sainsburys - version of Baileys - really nice.

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If I am making fruit/sweet/mint/choc vodkas I always use the cheapest base as the fruit or flavour over powers the cheapness.

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Unfortunatly - most cheaper versions are that cheaper versions and dont taste as nice xx

fionajbanana

Florasaurus wrote: »

Aldi's amaretto is incredible, much nicer than the proper stuff I think

DO NOT DRINK JOSEF!!! It's hideous and icky and gross and wrong on so many levels... Just don't do it!!

Aldi's peach schnapps isn't as good as Archers in my opinion, it's got more of a sharp taste

I was wondering if anyone tried Aldi's amaretto. Thanks for that. Will be buying it once the bottle of Disorano, which is two-thirds - three quarters has gone.

My friend loves white rum and she does not like the Aldi version.

Sharon87

Tesco peach schnapps is just as nice as Archers, but it's only a few quid cheaper (about £8/9 compared to £12/£13)

Supermarket vodka is ok if it's still triple distilled, however the value version is vile!

sebsy

Aldi's Ballycastle Irish Cream is lovely.

Still, for me you can't beat proper Baileys.