Tastes
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Here’s the fuckin deal on Probitas. You can gussy up the pedigree all you want, and god knows I like Foursquare, but you’re approaching an average $30 price point for .750 of rum. That means you’re suddenly in the realm of competition with a lot of serious, aged, pedigreed product. So for a white rum, which is going to be used with frequency, you’d better be able to drastically outshine a 1.75l bottle of Plantation 3 Star. Spoilers: it doesn’t. That’s the problem - it isn’t bad, but it doesn’t remotely justify its pricepoint where that $30 could do a ton of damage with some very fine rums.
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Pops' Famous Brand Blended Canadian Whisky
Canadian — Canada
Reviewed December 21, 2020 (edited January 15, 2021)Opening sniff is straight up summer circus. Cotton candy, light caramel, extreme dose of vanilla and clearly, a heavy amount of oak. As for the taste, well, maybe I’m just not the ideal customer, but there’s one primary characteristic here: sweet. Heavily sweet. But not a good sweet, nothing reminiscent of some rich sugary source. It’s as if I’d accidentally spilt a dropper of stevia into the glass. It’s cloying, and it dominates everything. Then comes the ethanol. That’s pretty much it. There’s no middle game, no fruit, no lingering finish. It’s oaked candy corn at 42% ABV. There’s next to no nuance here. Maybe I’m far too removed from the Canadian style whisky game but this seems overbearing even for those standards. And I can think of a billion other better things to taste at $27. Pass on this.
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