Gabriel Boudier Nori Seaweed Liqueur 22% 700ml

Brand: Gabriel Boudier

Release Name: Nori Seaweed Liqueur — Wizard Awards Winner (Created by Matthew Cusworth)

Spirit Style / Type: French Savoury/Marine Liqueur, Bartender-Created

Composition: Dried Nori and Dulse Seaweed, Grapefruit Alcoholate, Concentrated Lime Juice, Beet Neutral Alcohol, Sugar, Water

Age: Non-Vintage

Volume: 700ml Bottle (Also Available in 500ml)

Alc / Vol (%): 22.0%

Country: France (Produced) / United Kingdom (Recipe Origin)

Region: Dijon, Burgundy

Production Method: Individual Maceration of Nori and Dulse Seaweed in Beet Neutral Alcohol for Three Weeks, Then Blended and Filtered

Limited Edition: No (Standing Release Since April 2022, Originally Created for the Gabriel Boudier Wizard Award Competition, Third Edition, 2019–2020)

Award Winner: Yes — Winner, Third Gabriel Boudier Wizard Award Competition (Created by Matthew Cusworth, Hoot the Redeemer, Edinburgh)

Gabriel Boudier is a family-owned French liqueur house founded in 1874 in Dijon, originally established in the house of Fontbonne before Gabriel Boudier took over the business in 1909 and renamed it after himself. In 1936, following Boudier's death, his widow sold the house to Marcel Battault, whose family has steered Gabriel Boudier ever since — making it the only remaining independently owned liqueur producer among what were once more than 50 fruit liqueur houses in Burgundy. Renowned worldwide for its award-winning Crème de Cassis de Dijon, Gabriel Boudier uses only natural fruits, flowers and botanicals across its range, avoiding artificial flavours and colours, and continues to innovate through its cocktail-focused Bartender Range alongside classic, traditional expressions like this Chestnut Liqueur.

There is genuinely nothing else quite like this in the liqueur category — a seaweed liqueur built from individually infused dried Nori and Dulse, blended with grapefruit alcoholate and concentrated lime juice to balance the marine, umami character against bright citrus acidity. It was created by bartender Matthew Cusworth specifically to solve a real problem he faced behind the bar: "As a bartender, I struggle to find consistent ways to introduce savoury flavours into my cocktails, so I'm very excited for Nori to launch and to see the inventive ways bartenders will use seaweed in their creations." His recipe won the third Gabriel Boudier Wizard Award Competition, a UK-wide bartender competition, securing first place at the Wizard Finals in Dijon in January 2020 before being developed into a full commercial product — even the label's watercolour design was created by Cusworth's own sister, Becca Boyce. It's built for genuinely creative use: signature serves include the Kanganawa Highball (Nori liqueur, Scotch whisky, soda, garnished with samphire or lemon zest) and The Geisha (Nori liqueur, gin, lemon juice, egg white, garnished with rose petals). A genuinely rare, conversation-starting bottle for adventurous bartenders and customers wanting to push savoury cocktail-making somewhere entirely new.