LiqueursHigh confidenceStandard, well-documented liqueur category with a consistent flavour profile across brands.
Peach schnapps
Peach schnapps is a sweet, low-proof peach-flavoured liqueur, lighter and less syrupy than a true peach brandy. It's the defining ingredient in a handful of 1980s/90s vodka-and-juice classics rather than a bartender's staple spirit.
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Common uses
- sweetens and flavours vodka-and-juice highballs
- adds a fruity top note without much extra strength
Buying & storage
Keeps more or less indefinitely: Alcohol is preserving it. An open bottle keeps for a very long time, though aromatics do fade slowly.
Storage: keeps well once opened, store upright away from light
In depth
Understanding peach schnapps
How it is made, where it comes from, what it pairs with, and how it behaves in an alcohol-free drink.
Origin
A widely-available commercial liqueur category rather than one specific historic product.
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