Days of craving Indian food hit the tipping point with the arrival of a golden bottle of Somrus Indian cream liqueur. The bottle shape is suggestive of Asia, and the glass itself looks quilted with gold.
That evening we went to pick up several dishes at the closest Indian bistro – luckily barely a mile away, as a major snowstorm was beginning. When we returned home, I poured out tastes of Somrus over ice. Cardamom and rosewater dominated the aromas, with toffee butter rum following onto the palate, along with rich cream flavoring.
Again, cardamom and earthiness appeared in the end palate: perhaps that was the touch of almonds, pistachio and saffron mentioned on the label?
We served out the food and added more ice and liqueur to our glasses, and the spices in the liqueur paired very nicely with the flavors in the various dishes. Also, any too-spicy foods were nicely tamed by the cream liqueur. After I while, I noticed that no one seemed to be feeling much alcohol influence so I checked the label: though Somrus contains “Carribean rum” the alcohol content is only 13.5%!