TUACA () is a naturally flavored brandy liqueur of Italian origin. Tuaca is a sweet golden brown blend of brandy, citrus and orange essences, vanilla, and other spices added. It is bottled at 35% ABV (70 proof).
Tuaca's mild, sweet flavour makes it popular as a cordial, both hot and iced, and also a fruity foundation for a range of cocktails.Mexican Iced Coffee - latimes.com
History The mixture was first created as Brandy Milk, produced with milk, brandy and vanilla. Later on milk was dropped from the changed recipe, and the name was changed to TUOCA, family names of the owners combined (TUOni and CAnepa).From the newspaper Il Tirreno , July 14, 2011
From mid-1940s onwards American troops, stationed in Italy, started bringing bottles back home. In the late 1950s, Mario di Grazia, an Italian and owner of a chain of liquor stores in San Francisco, began importing and selling the drink.About TUACA - tuaca.com (archived) To make pronunciation in English easier its name was changed to TUACA again.Il Tirreno, October 7, 2012 Tuaca was also imported and introduced to the U.K. by Danes Limited from the mid-1990s.Tuaca.com (archived website)DANES LIMITED, company information - gov.uk Today it is popular in nightlife of Brighton and Hove and other places.Tuaca Liqueur - diffordsguide.comTuaca, Brighton’s Flagship Drink - timeout.com
Brown-Forman of Louisville, Kentucky acquired the TUACA brand for US$40 million in 2002. March 31, 2010, marked the closure of the historic TUACA plant at Via Mastacchi, Livorno. The blend was now produced and bottled in the U.S., with imported Italian brandy by the TUACA Liqueur Company, in Louisville, KY.The Story of TUACA - tuaca.com (archived)Tuoni & Canepa Srl. - diffordsguide.com In 2016, Brown-Forman sold TUACA (and Southern Comfort) for US$543 million to Sazerac Company. Production by Sazerac continued in Kentucky.
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