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RECORD baska-droppar · EVIDENCE GRADE C · UNCLAIMED · LAST VERIFIED 2026-07-09

Bäska Droppar

Sundsvall · Sweden · 62.391, 17.307

REGION: nordicsTRADITION: BäskWEBSITE ↗

ZONE 01 — VERIFIED FACTS

ABV
40%C·1
Bottle size
500mlC·1
Producer/importer of record
Anora Sweden ABC·1
Current production site
O.P. Anderson Distillery, Sundsvall (opened 2018)B·4
Category classification (Swedish retail)
Akvavit & kryddat brannvin (flavoured spirits supercategory)B·7
Defining ingredient
Wormwood (malört)C·2
Secondary botanicals
Cinnamon and orange peel, per Systembolaget taste profileB·7
Legal/regulatory note
Sweden is one of the few countries that has never banned absinthe or other wormwood-flavoured liquorsC·2
Market position
Described by Wikipedia as the most popular Swedish bäsk brandC·2

ZONE 02 — AI-COLLATED SUMMARY

AI-ASSISTED · FROM GRADED PUBLIC SOURCES

Bäska Droppar is a wormwood-flavoured Swedish besk (bitter spiced spirit) at 40% ABV, currently produced at the O.P. Anderson Distillery in Sundsvall as part of Anora Group's Swedish spirits portfolio. It is described as the most popular brand within Sweden's bäsk category, a wormwood-bitter tradition Sweden never prohibited even when other countries banned absinthe-style spirits. Systembolaget's official taste profile confirms cinnamon and orange peel as secondary botanicals alongside the defining wormwood bitterness. No dedicated producer-official page for the brand itself was found; confirmed detail comes from Sweden's state retail monopoly, a Wikipedia overview of the besk category, and the parent group's general distillery history.

AI-collated from the graded sources below; operator review pending. This is a corporate-owned legacy SKU within a large Nordic conglomerate (Anora Group Plc), not an independent craft producer — flagged for operator review on fit with the Atlas's producer-profile model. Botanicals (orange, cinnamon) were re-verified against Systembolaget on this pass and are now confirmed rather than rumoured; a candidate 1917 founding/launch date surfaced in secondary sources but was not added due to ambiguous, hedged sourcing (no single strong citable confirmation).

ZONE 03 — PRODUCER-SUBMITTED NOTES

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PRODUCTS ON RECORD

Bäska Droppar

40% ABV

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY bitterRING coreTRADITION BäskSELF-IDENTIFIED “—”

A wormwood-flavoured Swedish besk (bitter spiced spirit), traditionally taken as a digestif alongside fatty or rich food. Produced within Anora's Swedish spirits portfolio, currently at the O.P. Anderson Distillery in Sundsvall. Sold in a 500ml bottle at 40% ABV. Sweden is one of the few countries never to have banned wormwood-flavoured spirits, and besk-style drinks such as this remain a living regional bitter tradition alongside the country's aquavit heritage.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 3 GRADED EDGES

  • Wormwood (malört) · primary bittering agentC·2
  • Orange peel (pomerans) · aromatic, secondary flavourB·7
  • Cinnamon (kanel) · spice, secondary flavourB·7

DESCRIPTORS

  • bitter ▮▮▮▮▮C·2
  • spicy ▮▮▮▮▮B·7
  • wormwood-forward ▮▮▮▮▮B·7

SERVES

Neat, as digestif

canonical
  • · Bäska Droppar, 4cl
  • · Serve neat

Served chilled or at room temperature in a small glass alongside or after a rich, fatty meal, in the Swedish besk/snaps tradition.

ZONE 04 — COMMUNITY TASTING NOTES

RESERVED — community notes open in V2 with moderation and bias handling. The contributions ledger is already recording.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Where is Bäska Droppar made?
Bäska Droppar is made in Sundsvall, Sweden.
What style of amaro is Bäska Droppar?
On The Amaro Atlas, Bäska Droppar is recorded in the core ring, bitter subcategory, within the Bäsk tradition.

SOURCES — A–D GRADED (7)

  1. [1]CBäska Droppar product listing · Vinguiden · database · accessed 2026-07-09Confirms 40% ABV, 500ml bottle, producer/importer Anora Sweden AB, category kryddad sprit. No botanical or tasting-note detail present on the page.
  2. [2]CBäsk · Wikipedia · database · accessed 2026-07-09Confirms Bäska Droppar as the most popular bäsk brand, produced by O.P. Anderson Distillery; confirms wormwood as defining ingredient; confirms Sweden never banned wormwood spirits; confirms digestif tradition with fatty food. No ABV or founding date given.
  3. [3]CBäska Droppar product listing · Cajutan · database · accessed 2026-07-09Confirms 500ml bottle and wormwood as primary flavouring; product listed out of stock; no ABV or tasting notes present.
  4. [4]BAltia opens a new aquavit distillery in Sundsvall, Sweden · Anora Group (formerly Altia) · press · accessed 2026-07-09Confirms opening of the Sundsvall distillery in 2018 as the production site now used for the group's Swedish snaps/aquavit portfolio, of which Bäska Droppar is one of several classics named at the corporate level.
  5. [5]BAbout us · Anora Group Plc · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09Confirms Anora operates an aquavit distillery in Sundsvall, Sweden, as part of its Nordic spirits portfolio. Does not name Bäska Droppar specifically.
  6. [6]BAbout O.P. Anderson · O.P. Anderson / Anora · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09Confirms the Sundsvall distillery (opened 2018) as current production site for the brand family; does not mention Bäska Droppar directly.
  7. [7]BBäska Droppar product listing · Systembolaget · database · accessed 2026-07-09Sweden's state alcohol retail monopoly. Re-fetched 2026-07-09 to verify contested botanical claims: confirms 40% ABV, category akvavit & kryddat brannvin, producer Anora Sweden AB (O.P. Anderson Distillery, Sundsvall). Taste profile explicitly names wormwood as the lead character with notes of cinnamon (kanel) and orange peel (pomerans), and gives serving suggestion chilled as snaps. This resolves the draft's unconfirmed orange/cinnamon claim to confirmed confidence.

A producer-official / regulatory · B reputable published · C secondary · D community/unverified