Tuaca is a brand of liqueur

Liqueur

A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage that has been flavored with fruit, herbs, nuts, spices, flowers, or cream and bottled with added sugar. Liqueurs are typically quite sweet; they are usually not aged for long but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to marry.The...

 originally produced by the Tuoni and Canepa families of Livorno

Livorno

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, Italy

Italy

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, and now produced by the Tuaca Liqueur Company of Louisville, Kentucky. The liqueur is sweet and golden brown in color. Its ingredients include brandy

Brandy

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, essence of orange

Orange (fruit)

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, and vanilla

Vanilla

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. Vanilla is the dominant flavor. It is bottled at 70 proof (35% ABV

ABV

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The recipe supposedly dates back to the Renaissance

Renaissance

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. A legend claims that it was created for Lorenzo the Magnificent.

Tuaca has been sold in the United States

United States

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 since the 1950s and can be bought in most liquor stores there.

31st March 2010, marked the closure of Livorno’s historic Tuaca plant. The end of an era for a company founded in 1938. Up to now Tuaca has been “a unique Italian liqueur with hints of vanilla and natural citrus essences, crafted in the coastal town of Livorno, Italy”. American ingredients just dont compare resulting in a harsher beverage

Recipes

Tuaca is most often served as a chilled shot

Shot glass

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. It may also be mixed with ginger ale, cola, or hot apple cider.

Tuaca Lemon Drop (1.5 oz Tuaca, .5 oz Triple Sec

Triple sec

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, 1 oz. sour mix

Sour mix

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, squeezed lemon wedge). Mix all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a sugar-rimmed glass.

Tuaca Pineapple (1.5 oz Tuaca, pineapple juice). Pour Tuaca into a highball glass over ice. Fill with pineapple juice.

Tuscan Mule. Variation of the Moscow Mule

Moscow Mule

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. Substitute Tuaca for the vodka.

Renaissance Margarita (Tuaca, tequila

Tequila

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, amaretto

Amaretto

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Tuaca Bomb (also known as Chewbacca Bomb) (Tuaca, Red Bull

Red Bull

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