The 1970 Liqueur
The 1970 Liqueur is a 35% ABV (70 proof) botanical liqueur in a 750mL bottle — a four-times-distilled, filtered corn-grain vodka infused with 18 botanicals, fruits, and spices, 100% natural and gluten-free, available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 35% (70 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Base: four-times-distilled, filtered corn grain vodka — 100% natural, gluten-free
- Botanicals: 18 botanicals, fruits, and spices (19 ingredients including the base, per brand copy)
- Story: created in Miyazaki, Japan by Ikeda Feingold's grandmother in the summer of 1970; bottled commercially by Feingold in 2017
- Serve: over ice, with soda, or in cocktails
A 1970 Family Recipe, Bottled in 2017
The 1970 began as a grandmother's homemade botanical infusion in Miyazaki, Japan, in the summer of 1970 — and stayed a family recipe for nearly fifty years until Ikeda Feingold began bottling it commercially in 2017. The build is modern craft: a four-times-distilled, filtered corn vodka infused with 18 botanicals, fruits, and spices, with nothing artificial and no gluten. It drinks like a refined amaro-adjacent liqueur — aromatic, balanced, and built for simple serves. Explore the The 1970 lineup or browse our spirits shelf for more craft bottles.
Tasting Notes
Aromatic and layered — the botanical infusion shows fruit and spice over the clean corn-vodka base, with a smooth, rounded sweetness and a gently bitter, herbal close.
How to Enjoy
Over a large ice cube is the house serve; it opens beautifully with soda water and a citrus twist, and it works as the aromatic backbone of a spritz or a refined highball.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The 1970 Liqueur?
A botanical liqueur built on four-times-distilled corn vodka infused with 18 botanicals, fruits, and spices — 100% natural, gluten-free, bottled at 70 proof.
Is it really from Japan?
The recipe was created in Miyazaki, Japan, in 1970 — but the brand's own site states the liqueur itself is made in America. It is an American-made liqueur with a Japanese family origin story.
How should I drink it?
Neat over ice, lengthened with soda, or in cocktails — it is designed as an easy-drinking aromatic liqueur, not a bitter amaro.
A family recipe five decades in the making — order The 1970 Liqueur online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.