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Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur

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There's always something so dramatic about the blood orange. A fairly normal orange is sliced in half to reveal sweet dark flesh. Solerno is a blood orange liqueur that captures the sweetness of this fruit. Solerno comes from the purplish Sanguinello oranges which grow in Sicily. The liqueur is small batch distilled in old-fashioned copper pot alembic stills and bottled in a design inspired by the famed glass blowers of Murano. It can be sipped straight or used in a variety of cocktails like the Bellini, the Cosmopolitan and the Margarita or mixed with Prosecco or sparkling water. It sells for $39.99.

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Blogger Tastes 23 Orange Liqueurs And Picks A Favorite

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Ah what some bloggers will do in the name of research. Intrepid drinks blogger Jay Hepburn of Oh Gosh sampled 23 orange liqueurs over the course of several months to determine which was the best. After countless margaritas, sidecars and straight sips of orange liqueur, he has determined the best of the best. He gave the award for best overall to Giffard Premium Curaçao Triple Sec for both mixing and sipping separately. Hepburn is a British blogger and so this orange liqueur might be hard to find here in the States. Fear not, the most ubiquitous of the orange liqueurs, Cointreau, got high marks for its utility in mixed drinks.

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