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Liqueur Drink Subtype

Honey Drink Profiles

Compare 8 Honey drink profiles for BAC simulation work. These profiles average 36% ABV, 1.5 fl oz per reference serving, and 0.90 U.S. standard drinks. Use the selected drink profile, actual pour volume, and timing details for the simulation.

Liqueur Honey 8 profiles
Public profiles 8 available drink profiles
Average ABV 36% mean ABV for this group
Average serving 1.5 fl oz reference serving size
Average dose 0.90 U.S. standard drinks per serving

About This Style

What These Profiles Represent

Under U.S. TTB labeling standards, cordials and liqueurs are flavored distilled spirits made with natural flavoring materials or extracts and at least 2.5 percent sugar by weight. Honey liqueur is used here as a DUI Professional subtype label for honey-forward liqueur records, not as a claim that every product uses the same legal class or formula.

Documented product context shows a mixed subtype rather than one origin story. Schwarze & Schlichte lists Bärenjäger as a 35% liqueur made with vodka and more than 200 g honey per 0.7 L; Whyte & Mackay traces Glayva to Leith, Edinburgh in 1947; Jack Daniel's, Evan Williams, and Wild Turkey official materials describe U.S. whiskey or bourbon blended with honey or honey liqueur.

The live DUI Professional profile set for Liqueur / Honey contains 8 profiles. Six have usable producer information, supporting production geography in Germany, Scotland, Bardstown, Lynchburg, and Lawrenceburg; Krupnik and Xtabentun currently remain active legacy records without Producer information, so they are included in averages but not mapped as manufacturer-backed geography.

The database average is useful for subtype screening, not for a consumed-drink assumption. For BAC simulation, use the selected drink record, actual pour volume, and product ABV, especially because individual honey liqueur records in this subtype range from 32.5% to 40% ABV.

Producer Geography

Where These Profiles Point

5 locations shown

Producers

Manufacturers Represented

  1. Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. United States 1
  2. Jack Daniel Distillery United States 1
  3. Schwarze & Schlichte Germany 1
  4. Schwarze & Schlichte GmbH & Co. KG Germany 1
  5. Whyte & Mackay Ltd Scotland 1
  6. Wild Turkey Distilling Co. United States 1

Brands

Brands Represented

  1. Bärenjäger Schwarze & Schlichte, Schwarze & Schlichte GmbH & Co. KG 2
  2. Evan Williams Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. 1
  3. Glayva Whyte & Mackay Ltd 1
  4. Jack Daniel's Jack Daniel Distillery 1
  5. Wild Turkey American Honey Wild Turkey Distilling Co. 1

Drink Profiles

Honey Drink Profiles

8 shown

Simulation Use

Use the Product Profile, Not the Average

Use these Honey profiles to compare ABV, serving size, and estimated standard-drink dose before adding a drink to a simulation. For case work, start with the specific drink profile and then adjust pour volume, drink timing, and any case-specific assumptions.

How BAC Simulation Uses Drinks

Sources

These references support the background notes, producer context, and standard-drink calculations shown here.

  • 27 CFR 5.150 Cordials and liqueurs Current U.S. distilled spirits labeling regulation for cordials and liqueurs, used for class/type context only.
  • Distilled Spirits Beverage Alcohol Manual, Volume 2 TTB labeling manual supporting liqueur/cordial terminology and the 2.5 percent sugar-by-weight class description; TTB notes current regulation controls where guidance differs.
  • Bärenjäger Official producer source for Bärenjäger 35% vol., vodka and honey composition, and Schwarze und Schlichte company location context.
  • Evan Williams Honey Official product source for Evan Williams Honey proof and honey-bourbon product description.
  • Tennessee Honey Official product source identifying Tennessee Honey as Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey blended with honey liqueur and tying the brand to Lynchburg, Tennessee.
  • Glayva Official company source for Glayva origin in Leith, Edinburgh in 1947 and Whyte & Mackay brand ownership context.
  • American Honey Official product source for Wild Turkey American Honey, including 71 proof and real-honey product description.
  • Visit the Wild Turkey Distillery Official distillery source identifying Wild Turkey Hill in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky for production-location context.
  • NIAAA, What Is A Standard Drink? U.S. standard drink definition, pure-alcohol reference amounts, and beverage examples.
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