Tastes

Ethanol strong on the nose but very easy drinking and sweet. Light flavor that hardly lingers.

It’s a scorcher right out of the gate, which isn’t all surprising considering the abv. But, what is surprising is how much flavor punches right through that fire with hardly a moment’s hesitation. It’s what “new car scent” would be if it were a flavor. And, not that I’d know it, but it’s what I imagine a new Ferrari might smell like. We’re not talkin’ about a cloth interior Corolla here. And just like that car interior aroma slowly fades until it’s barely perceptible, the flavors here do the same thing. Linger, linger, linger until they’re a mere hint and then nothing but a vague memory.

CBC #38. “Rescheduled”

This impressive bottle has rendered me unimaginative for my review tonight. It’s good. Really, really good. Top to bottom, start to finish. That is all.

It’s awful neat. It’s awful on the rocks. BUT… it can be the basis for some damn fine cocktails in the right hands (not mine).

This bottle from PA FWGS is like a variety box of instant oatmeal. It is just a little hot on the nose, but with some maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal packet peeking through. First taste on the palate is still instant Quaker oatmeal but now we’re on to that one with raisins. I think it’s called Raisins and Spice maybe. Finish is again a bit hot, but I’m reward with something that hints at a packet of apples and cinnamon. Maybe I should just start drinking this KC SB in the morning?

The ethanol nose (fumes!) could choke a donkey, but it when it hits your lips, swirls around your mouth and down your throat the beautiful flavors burst through the gaseous cloud of ethanol and making everything okay in the world.

Really strong and sweet vanilla nose that crosses paths with an equally strong alcohol presence. But on the palate the vanilla settles in nicely and the burn fades leaving Bubble Double chewing around your mouth. Finish drops off and disappears quickly, but leaves a hint cinnamon to remind you of what just passed.

Sweet caramel on the nose that insinuates the veiled spice to come. The palate is smooth like warm caramels dissolving in your mouth followed by the hint of spice that was foreshadowed earlier. Finishes in way that erases the sweet, leaving a long pipe tobacco smoke on the tongue.

Kept hearing that this is good for the price. It’s not. The ethanol drowns out anything good that’s happening below the surface. If I work hard I can get a nice honey flavor but it’s fleeting.