Irish Liqueur Tomato: Real Grower Reviews and Photos

Irish Liqueur is an indeterminate green-when-ripe variety. The plant is sturdy and not too sprawling. The fruits are medium-sized, firm, and oblate with distinct ribbing near the stem.

Very tasty, sweet, and the flavor impressed everyone (even those who were seeing and tasting a green tomato for the first time). I actually liked it better than the famous Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (Malachite Box). The Malachite Box tomatoes are bigger, but the shape isn’t as pretty as Irish Liqueur. My seeds were from the commercial vendor “Sortsemovosch – Doma Semyan”.

Irish Liqueur was sweet, meaty, beautiful, and a heavy yielder. It’s a great fit for anyone who loves exotic green varieties. It’s not a sickly plant at all, loads of fruit on the vine, medium to slightly above medium size, indet. If you compare it to Kiwi, Irish Liqueur is tastier and firmer, while Kiwi is juicier with more of a fruity undertone.

Grew it for the first time this year, two plants. Tall, vigorous, absolutely loaded with fruit, I pruned them to two stems. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to spot them among the unripe regular tomatoes since I lost my garden tags when planting out. But they made themselves obvious pretty quickly, they get a yellowish blush and soften up.

Loved the taste. Not the very first ones, but the ones picked right in the peak of the season. Juicy, meaty, more sweet than tart, very balanced flavor, though I didn’t get any distinct fruity notes. I’d definitely classify them as early rather than late. Picked the last underripe ones at the same time as my De Barao. They store for a little bit and will ripen off the vine, but they really lose their flavor when counter-ripened. Very disease resistant.

Definitely growing them again next year, loved them. Absolutely super for salads. Photos were taken on July 15th, and we had already pulled a couple of ripe ones off the plant by then.

I grew Irish Liqueur back in 2013 and was really happy with it. Beautiful, prolific, and very tasty. I gave the rest of my seeds away, skipped it in 2014, and just went looking for it in my stash only to realize I had none left (forgot I gave them away)! No worries though, I tracked down a packet at the third seed shop I checked. It gets an honorable permanent spot in the greenhouse this year.

Grew it in the greenhouse, ran it as a 2-stemmer. Tall, sturdy plant, heavy yielder. Flavor-wise, I still think Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (Malachite Box) tasted better, even though it wasn’t as productive.

ElenaPr: Grew it in the greenhouse, ran it as a 2-stemmer. Tall, sturdy plant, heavy yielder. Flavor-wise, I still think Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (Malachite Box) tasted better, even though it wasn’t as productive.

+1. I want to try Boloto (Swamp) next year to compare. Green varieties just don’t have a great shelf life for me, they always overripen.

SvetaR: +1. I want to try Boloto (Swamp) next year to compare. Green varieties just don’t have a great shelf life for me, they always overripen.

I grew both Boloto and Liqueur. Both are heavy yielders. But Boloto is tastier, larger, and has a slightly better shelf life. 🙂

We didn’t have any shelf life issues – we just stalked them and ate them right off the vine! 😂

This year I grew Irish Liqueur, Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, and Boloto side by side in the greenhouse. Malakhitovaya Shkatulka won across the board.

I also really liked that the plant didn’t hit the greenhouse roof, and it ended up being one of the earliest to ripen for me. 😋

I planted two Malakhitovaya Shkatulkas, a Boloto, two Irish Liqueurs, and a Green Copia in the far north corner of my greenhouse. Liqueur ripened first. Actually, it was one of the very first to ripen in the entire greenhouse.

I yanked off one medium-sized tomato and missed the mark. It was completely unripe. The next one I picked was absolutely perfect 👍 I was shocked to my core by how incredible it tasted! Waited for my husband to come home, and he goes, “Wellll, if a tomato is tasty, it should be red.” I just said, “Yeah, okay buddy.” 😂

He tried it 😲 He goes, “Wow, no way! We need to grow this!” 👍👍👍 I only like sweet tomatoes with a really rich flavor. For me, Liqueur has the ideal taste. Big thanks to Olya and Vera for the seeds! Thank you ladies!

In my opinion, you should pick it just a tiny bit underripe and let it finish ripening indoors.

Tata55: This year I grew Irish Liqueur, Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, and Boloto side by side in the greenhouse. Malakhitovaya Shkatulka won across the board.

+1. Irish Liqueur just didn’t have that rich fruity flavor for me. I’m done experimenting with greens, MS checks all the boxes.

Two Irish Liqueur plants grew in different greenhouses, pruned both to 2 stems. Indets, vigorous, but not overly tall. Regular leaf, early season, very high yield.

The taste seemed to depend on the weather (and watering?). It was just okay early in the season, but by early August it packed on the sugar and became delicious 😋 (Though I still prefer the taste of Malakhitovaya Shkatulka).

My first Irish Liqueur ripened on July 5th (It was my earliest large-fruited variety!). Check out this monster plant holding 78 tomatoes at once.

In total, this single plant produced 81 tomatoes (I had picked three earlier). Even if we assume an average weight of 7 oz (200 g) per tomato, that’s 81 x 7 oz = over 35 lbs (16.2 kg). From ONE plant! Not bad at all. 👍

Out of more than 80 varieties I grew, not a single other plant managed a yield like that. 😞 On the second plant of this variety (seeds from the same packet) growing in a different greenhouse, I got “only” 17 tomatoes.

Ludmila, thanks for the seeds! 👏

Holy cow, what a yield for Liqueur! Makes me want to try it again just in case I can get a crop like that…

Valera, you should’ve saved seeds from that record-breaker and passed them around! 🙂

Rok5: On the second plant of this variety (seeds from the same packet) growing in a different greenhouse, I got “only” 17 tomatoes.

Why such a huge difference? Did you prune it differently, or was it something else (lighting, transplant location)?

My Irish Liqueur finally ripened. Or rather, I finally noticed it, and one fruit was already overripe. Growing outdoors in the dirt, plant hit about 5 feet (1.6m). It dropped all the blossoms on the upper trusses during our 104°F (40°C) heat wave.

I liked the flavor, well balanced, very juicy tomato. But compared to Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, I agree with most here, I liked MS better.

I agree with the previous reviews that there are tastier green varieties out there. At the same time, I still liked Irish Liqueur. In the hoop house, it reached about 5.5 feet (1.7m) and yielded well. The fruits are sweet, juicy, and meaty.

In my conditions, Irish Liqueur did worse than MS in terms of yield and hardiness. It fell short on flavor too. To us, MS just has a richer, deeper, and more interesting taste. But maybe it just wasn’t its year?

IRISH LIQUEUR – Indet, heavy foliage, vigorous plant. Reached up to 6.5 feet (2m) tall, grew outdoors in the dirt. It handled the heat well, fruited right up until fall, and stayed healthy.

Really loved this green tomato. Fruits are oblate with a bronze blush. The flesh is incredibly tender, just melts in your mouth, sweet with a slight tartness, definitely not bland.

Interestingly, my Irish Liqueur was from the vendor “Uralskiy Dachnik”, marked as a hybrid with a height of 4 to 5 feet (120-150cm). And that’s exactly what I got – one topped itself at around 4 feet, the other went a bit higher. Ran them to 2 stems.

MS was earlier, yielded more, and had more uniform shapes, but the flavor… Irish Liqueur was hands down the tastiest this season. Even though it’s marked as a hybrid on the pack, I’m planning to grow it out again from saved seeds.

alio-nka: Interestingly, my Irish Liqueur was from the vendor “Uralskiy Dachnik”, marked as a hybrid… Even though it’s marked as a hybrid on the pack, I’m planning to grow it out again from saved seeds.

I bought some to plant for spring 2022 too. Started reading up on it and now I’m confused – is it OP or a hybrid? The packet says F1.

tanuhka6676: I bought some to plant for spring 2022 too. Started reading up on it and now I’m confused – is it OP or a hybrid? The packet says F1.

Uralskiy Dachnik is a notorious trickster, I wouldn’t be surprised if they grow out to be a completely different color altogether.

Olga: Uralskiy Dachnik is a notorious trickster, I wouldn’t be surprised if they grow out to be a completely different color altogether.

I had exactly the same packet, and everything matched the description perfectly. I had MS growing this year too, and the plants are definitely different. People here are saying it’s an indet, but mine grew exactly as stated on the pack – one topped itself at 4 feet (1.2m), the other around 5 feet (1.5m). Outdoors they also stayed around 5 feet.

Fruit weights ranged from 3.5 oz (100g) up to mostly 7-10 oz (200-300g). The biggest one was 12 oz (340g).

Love green tomatoes. Growing both Irish Liqueur and MS.

SanSanych: Love green tomatoes. Growing both Irish Liqueur and MS.

Awesome yield! 👍

First time growing Irish Liqueur, planted 3 of them outdoors in the dirt. The plants are beautiful, sturdy, and the yield is excellent. The fruits aren’t huge, but they are pretty, uniform, smooth, and taste sweet with a tropical note.

They don’t turn to mush when they overripen, like a lot of green varieties do, they just kind of dry up around the stem. They store well and didn’t crack on the vine at all, even through all the rain they stayed perfectly intact. Unfortunately, the forum won’t let me upload pictures of the plants 🤦‍♀️

Very tasty variety. From my perspective, it holds its own perfectly against Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, though that one is great too. Definitely growing it again.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a harvest the last time I tried it, lost them while they were still seedlings, probably a virus. Hoping it works out this time around.