Cocktails with Butterscotch liqueur
Butterscotch liqueur is a sweet flavoured liqueur made to imitate butterscotch, the confection of brown sugar and butter.
ABV15–20%
Taste profile
Aromas of warm brown sugar and butter lead into an intensely sweet, toffee-toned body with a thick, syrupy texture.
How it's used
Poured as a sweet flavouring accent or as a defining dessert measure, it contributes high sweetness, viscous body and a low-strength spirit base; dosed in small measures when accenting, it is shaken or stirred and rarely needs additional sweetener.
Substitutes for Butterscotch liqueur
As a small accent, another sweet liqueur can stand in, topping up sweetness with simple syrup and body with a sugar syrup if needed; as a defining flavour measure it is not substitutable, because the specific brown-sugar-and-butter character cannot be reproduced from an unrelated sweet liqueur.
Often confused with
Caramel liqueur
Butterscotch flavour derives from brown sugar and butter and characteristically lacks milk, whereas caramel is made from white sugar cooked to caramelisation and often includes milk or cream. The two are closely related sweet caramel-toned products but not identical.
