How is it made without alcohol?

Ginger roots macerated in white wine vinegar rather than in spirit. The vinegar does the extracting and the preserving that alcohol usually does.

Can you taste the vinegar?

Yes, faintly. There is a shrub-like tang behind the ginger. Some people like it and some do not; it is the trade-off for a liqueur made this way.

Anywhere a ginger liqueur goes — a mule, a spritz, a Bloody Mary. It also holds up in cooking.

Giffard France Ginger Liqueur (700 mL)

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Warm, lemony, bitter and earthy notes with a hint of lemongrass.

$38.99 $1.65 / fl oz

Flavor

How many

One bottle$38.99
Pack of 6$199.99

Ginger
Lemon
Warm heat

Standardized pour · 1.5 fl oz (44 mL)

Every bottle in Liqueur is measured to the same pour, so any two can be read against each other.

Total Sugars

11.7 g

Calories

51 kcal

About Ginger Liqueur

Giffard Ginger Alcohol Free in 700 mL, from the family house in Angers.

The nose is peppery and herbaceous, almost lemony. The palate is warm and pungent — bitter, earthy ginger with a hint of lemongrass. It is made by macerating ginger roots in white wine vinegar rather than in spirit, and the vinegar leaves a faint shrub-like tang behind the ginger.

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The details

Tasting & Pairing

Sight: Pale yellow
Nose: Peppery, rosy and herbaceous, almost lemony
Palate: Warm, lemony and pungent, with bitter earthy notes and a hint of lemongrass
Pair: Mule, Ginger highball, Dark and stormy riff

Pouring it

Serving comes from product and keeping from the container, not from the bottle

Serve: An ounce over ice, topped with soda
Store: Cool and out of direct sunlight. Once opened, reseal and refrigerate — best within 5 days.

Key ingredients

In the bottle: Ginger

Full specifications and nutrition

What it is

Alcohol: 0.0%Measured, and stated to one decimal place.
Process: Never AlcoholizedIt was never alcoholic, so nothing was removed.
Origin: France

700 mL.

Nutrition

Calories	35 kcal
Total Fat	0 g
Sodium	29 mg
Total Carbohydrate	8 g
Total Sugars	8 g
Includes Added Sugars	8 g
Protein	0 g

Ingredients: Water, sugar, ginger infusion (white wine vinegar, ginger), concentrated lemon juice, natural ginger flavoring with other natural flavorings, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate).

About Giffard France

Everything from this producer

A Loire Valley liqueur house founded by a pharmacist in 1885, still run by his descendants.

In the heatwave of 1885 the owner of the Grand Hotel in Angers asked the pharmacist next door for something to relieve his guests. Émile Giffard had been studying mint, and what he handed back was a clear liqueur steam-distilled from Mitcham peppermint. He named it Menthe-Pastille after the mint sweets of the day, and within the year he had turned the pharmacy into a distillery.

Maison Giffard has stayed in the family since — five generations now, working from Avrillé just outside Angers, drawing fruit and botanicals from the orchards of the Loire Valley.

The alcohol-free range came out of the same room and the same fruit as the liqueurs, and the family were explicit that it had to be made the Giffard way rather than bought in.

Producer: Giffard France
Based in: Angers, France
Founded: 1885
Founder: Émile Giffard
Process: Never Alcoholized
Sizes: 700 mL and 350 mL
Site: giffard.com/en

Others worth knowing

Common questions

How is it made without alcohol?: Ginger roots macerated in white wine vinegar rather than in spirit. The vinegar does the extracting and the preserving that alcohol usually does.
Can you taste the vinegar?: Yes, faintly. There is a shrub-like tang behind the ginger. Some people like it and some do not; it is the trade-off for a liqueur made this way.
What do I use it in?: Anywhere a ginger liqueur goes — a mule, a spritz, a Bloody Mary. It also holds up in cooking.

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