Frangelico is a brand of noisette, or hazelnut and herb-flavored liqueur (coloured with caramel coloring) which is produced in Canale, Italy. It is 20% alcohol by volume, 40 proof.^[1] Formerly, it was 24% alcohol by volume, 48 proof. It was released in the 1980s, gaining attention largely because of its unusual packaging: its bottle was designed to look like a friar, complete with a knotted white cord around the waist. It is most commonly sold in two sizes: 750ml and 375ml

Frangelico can be used to make many different cocktails, such as the Hazelnut Martini, the Frangelico Colada, and Frangelico and Cranberry Juice. It can also be combined with vodka to make the Chocolate Cake shot. For a quick and easy drink, it can be served on ice, with soda water, or with coffee.

According to the manufacturer, the name of the liqueur is based on a legend of a hermit named Fra Angelico who "created unique recipes for liqueurs." However, the bottle itself most closely resembles the habit of a Franciscan friar, while the liqueur's likely namesake, the famous painter Fra Angelico (d.1455), was a Dominican, whose robe would have been white and without the cincture.

Frangelico is made in a similar manner to some other nut liqueurs: nuts are crumbled up and combined with cocoa, vanilla berries, and other natural flavors, and then left to soak in the base spirit. After the spirit has absorbed the flavor of the ingredients, the liqueur is filtered, sweetened, and bottled.

The brand was purchased by Gruppo Campari in 2010, having previously been owned by William Grant and C&C Group^[2].

Reviews[link]

Frangelico has been submitted to at least three spirit ratings organizations. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the Beverage Testing Institute, and Wine Enthusiast have generally awarded favorable reviews to the spirit. Proof66, which aggregates ratings information from the expert review bodies, categorizes Frangelico as a "Tier 2" spirit, which places it in its "Highly Recommended" category.^[3]

Appearances in media[link]

The artist Jeff Koons reproduced two Frangelico advertisements, "Stay in Tonight" and "Find a Quiet Table", in his 1986 Luxury & Degradation series to "defin[e] a $45,000 and up income".^[4]

In the movie The Love Guru^[5] the character being played by Stephen Colbert mentions he had a recent addiction to Frangelico.

See also[link]

• Amaretto

References[link]

• Walton, Stuart (2004). The Ultimate Book of Cocktails. Hermes House. ISBN 0-681-76881-9. 

External links[link]

• Official website

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Giorgos Giannias or Yiorgos Yiannias (Greek: Γιώργος Γιαννιάς, d. June 13, 1821 near Koumani) was a Greek revolutionary leader born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias.

On March 1821, he entered as one of the first in the revolution with a small strategic army. He gave all the battles and mainly the Turks from Lalas. On March 27, he battled with 1,500 Turks in the Katsaros narrows in which 120 Turks died. Many folk music brought into his heroic battle. Next to the location in which the battle of Antroni (Spartoulia - Σπαρτουλιά) in which had a memory in honor of him.

On June 13, all the Greek were in Lala by the boundary with Ilia, he held the vanguard of the Greek battlefield. In one view of the Lalians in Koumani brought in 100 man in front of a large spot of the Turks, many commanders fled the area. It remained 8 men and worsely battled, after the end, they battled until all of them fell.

References[link]

• The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)