Finnish Long Drinks
Our range of long drinks include several alternatives that are sure to please any fan of these special beverages.
Originally, long drinks (known as ‘lonkero’ in the Finnish vernacular) were created for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in order to lighten the load of restaurant staff when serving the teeming throngs of Olympic tourists.
All of our long drinks are made using only genuine ingredients.
Panama Long Drinks
5,0 % alc.
A gin-based grapefruit-flavoured long drink
Laitilan Panama Long Drink is a refreshing gin-based long drink with a bright sunny yellow character. The intense but refined juniper tones of gin combined with the bright freshness of Laitilan Panama grapefruit lemonade are sure to exceed expectations and tickle the taste buds of long gin connoisseurs with high expectations. Laitilan Panama Long Drink is a bright and sunny experience all the way to the last drop!
Best served very cold.
The history of long drinks
Originally, long drinks (known as ‘lonkero’ in the Finnish vernacular) were created for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in order to lighten the load of restaurant staff when serving the teeming throngs of Olympic tourists. The only flavours available at that time were bottled long drinks based on gin, brandy and bitters.
INGREDIENTS
Water, sugar, gin, orange juice, grapefruit juice, carbon dioxide, natural flavours (incl. quinine), acidity regulator (citric acid), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), preservative (potassium sorbate), stabilisers (E440, E410)
BRÄNDY LONG DRINK
Laitila's Brändy Long Drink is made with genuine ingredients. After a very thorough round of testing, we finally found a brandy with just the right soft smoothness. However, even on its own, brandy is such a pungent distillment that the best available Finnish denatured spirits were needed to take the edge off. When we diluted this "cut brandy" with a delicious fruit juice concentrate, it resulted in a vivacious, harmonious and refined concoction, which we dubbed Laitila's Brändy Long Drink.
Best served very cold on its own or with a cut cognac.
INGREDIENTS
Water, sugar, denatured spirits, brandy, acidity regulator (citric acid), fruit juice concentrate, natural flavours, colouring (E150d), carbon dioxide, preservative (potassium sorbate).