For an entire generation, getting sick and having to drink Dalsy marked him to such an extent that this flavor has remained impregnated on the palate despite the passing of the years. Very well received, contrary to most medications, its memory has now returned to the minds of many due to an alcoholic beverage. By name, this is its successful recipe and the one that reminds us of this iconic anti-inflammatory.
Recommended for children between 3 months and 12 years old, the Dalsy has lost a lot of market after being a trend in the 90s and the beginning of the 21st century. A syrup with ibuprofen as the active ingredient that is used for symptomatic relief of occasional mild or moderate pain, as well as when the child has a fever.
With an orange flavor, which makes it easier to take compared to other much more ‘unpleasant’ medicines, this successful aroma marked an entire generation in its worst physical days. However, and despite the fact that with the fall in sales of Dalsy it was thought that his memory had been lost, it has come back to light, thanks to an alcoholic beverage.
Biri Biri. This is the name of this liquid that is becoming very famous in Spain after the multitude of messages on social networks that compare this drink with the popular syrup. Although it has been around since 1990, when (Alcoy, Alicante) registered the brand, it has now been its great market boom, even threatening to reach all supermarkets.
Biri Biri has an alcohol content of 22% and is recommended to be served cold
Made with oranges from the Levante Mediterranean, this liqueur leaves an aroma of the citrus fruits with which it is made. And it is that its 22 degrees of alcohol volume, in a 1-liter bottle, are a trend for this summer that, yes, it is recommended to serve cold and in a shot glass or small glass.
Biri Biri, from Sevilla FC to be a liquor
But the most curious thing about Biri Biri, in addition to its resemblance to Dalsy, is the story behind it. Conceived around 1973 and 1974, by an innkeeper from Alcoy, this spirit drink arrived at his bar after mixing orange and lemon gin with orange syrup (it is not ruled out that it was Dalsy himself).
Very well received, his bar soon became popular with customers thirsty for this drink. However, the name was missing and that was when football, as in many other matters, came to remedy it. A fan of Real Betis, the inventor of liquor, at that time the club’s first black player, Alhaji Momodo Njie, was beginning to stand out in Seville.
But due to his complicated name, the Nervión stands began to nickname this Biri Biri to the point that Sevilla’s ultra fans are known as Biris in memory of Njie. Back in Alcoy, bar attendees thirsty for orange liqueur began to call the drink Biri Biri in order to ‘sting’ the inventor, let’s remember a Betis fan.
Price and where to buy it
So until the name was registered and marketed since the 90s… until now. Moment in which it is having a great boom thanks to social networks and its memory of Dalsy. In the 1-liter bottle, for now, in some establishments specializing in alcoholic beverages, in and in (in all places it is between 7.95 and 9 euros).
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