(12-23-2020, 10:25 AM)RicoTx Wrote:

(12-20-2020, 10:09 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Many moons ago I remember a black licorice liquor with an Italian name that was in a tall triangular bottle and amber colored.

In Navy A school a few of us went out shopping and then ended up in an Italian restaurant/bar doing shots of this stuff. We practically carried one guy back and set him on the floor of his room with his back against the wall. We were getting him to drink some water and waiting for him to sober up a little before he hit the rack. He was talking one second and then leaned over and threw up into a pair of brand new $100 sneakers he purchased that day. He only wore them once to try on and they still had the tags attached.

I had a similar experience with Ouzo.  I was all of 19 and had won our company softball team a big game with a couple of dingers, so my teammates were 'treating me' to some shots.  Being underage and previous drinking experiences had been limited to Boone's farm apple wine and usually beer, I had no idea what I was doing.  The last thing I remember was sitting on the curb outside the bar with my arms on my knees and head down, depositing the contents of my stomach in the gutter for quite a while.

That was my first and last experience with Ouzo and to this day I cannot eat licorice.

Ouzo is probably what home biscuit had. But not all ouzo is licorice flavored.
Some of it just tastes like grapes.
Very similar liquor in Italy called Grappa. 
If I'm ever in a fancy italian restaurant I might ask for Grappa.  Like tequila, grappa comes gold or silver.
The other famous italian liquors are limoncello and fernet.  If you're in a really fancy place they'll bring you a platter of all three at the end of your meal, to aid digestion.

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