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Beirao - the liqueur of Portugal



A bottle of Licor Beirão


Licor Beirao is a Portuguese liqueur. Beirao is Portuguese for "from Beira", a former administrative region.

Its recipe is a secret. The producer, J. Carranca Redondo, Lda., only states it is made from a double distillation of seeds and herbs from all over the world, including Malaysia, Brazil and Thailand.

The liqueur was produced in the 19th century as a medicinal product for stomach aches by a pharmacy in Lousã. In the late 19th century alcoholic beverages were no longer qualified as medicinal but the liqueur was kept in production in a small factory owned by the son-in-law of the original producer.

Info from Wikipedia

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