The food industry, along with tourism, is one of the most important economic branches of the Republic of Croatia. Many sectors of production and food processing enter the food industry, and very wide and widespread branch enters this sector, and that is the industry of strong alcoholic beverages. Strong alcoholic beverages are in high demand and are drunk on all seven continents. The production of spirits is subject to various laws, regulations and restrictions. One of them is that it is forbidden to sell alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of 18. Although alcohol production is widespread, there are cities and countries around the world that boast that a particular drink originated precisely from their work or the entire country. Zadar is a city that can be proud of everywhere in the world thanks to Maraschino, a unique liqueur whose production started in the world from Zadar. In the 19th century, Zadar was adorned with the adjective city of liqueurs, in that period and throughout the 18th century there were many small, medium and large producers who each in their own way and with the help of unique family recipes promoted Zadar around the world. Drioli, Luxardo, Vlahov, Milicic, Cosmacendi are just one part of Zadar producers. Of all of them, Drioli, Luxardo and Vlahov stand out the most because they were the biggest and most famous. Thanks to all of them and their products, Zadar was heard everywhere in the world. This paper investigates the history and tradition and the current state of the production of spirits in Zadar County.