Badel Pelinkovac

Wormwood herbal bitter · Badel · Beer & spirits

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Why it's worth it

Pelinkovac is Croatia's beloved wormwood bitter, and Badel is its best-known brand. A bracingly bitter digestif with no Czech supermarket equivalent, it is the bottle to bring back for anyone who likes Becherovka-style herbal spirits. For adult travelers.

Taste

Dark, bittersweet herbal liqueur dominated by wormwood; intensely bitter and slightly medicinal with an herbal-sweet edge, usually drunk chilled or with ice and lemon

Why this rating

You can’t get this at homerare or import-only in Czechia

Reviewers rave about it2 sourced review quotes on file

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Easy to findstocked in mainstream chains at everyday prices

Scores 8 of 10 on our published rubric.

Nutrition

Nutritional values per 100 ml

Alcohol31 % vol

Source: Open Food Facts label data (may lag pack reformulations).

Where & what you'll pay

Konzum

Lidl

Plodine

Tommy€€EAN 3850112110039

If you know Czech shelves

Becherovka is the closest CZ herbal-bitter analog, though Pelinkovac is more wormwood-forward and bitter

Sources

“a popular Croatian bitter liqueur made from aromatic herbs and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), giving it its distinctive, slightly medicinal flavor”
www.frankaboutcroatia.com (blog)
“wormwood (pelin in Croatian) as the dominant botanical, blended with a proprietary selection of aromatic herbs and herbal extracts”
theliquorbarn.com (retailer)

Curated 2026-07-06. Image: Open Food Facts contributors, CC-BY-SA.