Review: Granny’s Gingerbread Cream

Review: Granny’s Gingerbread Cream

Step aside Irish creams and pumpkin-flavored liqueurs. Now you’ve got a new holiday liqueur to contend with: Granny’s Gingerbread Cream.

This is a new product from the Lousiana-based Sazerac company, “made with natural vanilla flavor and heavy creams sourced from Vermont dairies.” The base spirit is rum.

The nose initially comes across as more of a crusty holiday bread — a nutty banana bread or fruitcake — or perhaps a gingersnap cookie, with a distinctly toasty note to it. On the palate, the gingerbread character evolves more fully, offering a ginger and baking spice note that has a strong resemblance to gingerbread, with perhaps the addition of some apples and orange peel — the fruit making a clearer showing on the finish. As expected, the vanilla-scented liqueur is both creamy and sweet, but it’s restrained on both fronts, ensuring your mouth doesn’t end up coated with gunk after you polish off a glass.

The label alone would make this completely suitable for your holiday dessert cart, but the authentic and fun flavor profile seals the deal.

25 proof.

B+ / $13 / sazerac.com

Granny's Gingerbread Cream

$13
8.5

Rating

8.5/10

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5 Comments

  1. Randy on December 24, 2016 at 4:01 pm

    That is an awesome Christmas cocktail !!!!

  2. Sandy Masters on December 8, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    Just delightful new addition to Christmas cheer! But should it be refrigerated after opening???

    • Christopher Null on December 8, 2019 at 2:48 pm

      In general, refrigerate all cream liqueurs after opening, yes.



  3. Winston on December 21, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    What kind of liquor is in it?

    • Christopher Null on December 22, 2021 at 10:41 am

      Winston – checked with Sazerac. It’s made with rum. Updated the post.



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