51 Cachaça

Grassy alcohol forward makes an excellent caipirinha

Ok, I’m not going to pretend to have a lot of experience or deep knowledge of rum, or Cachaça, as a spirit. I am capable of looking up information the same as anyone else, and while this is a new area of exploration to me, tasting and analyzing spirits isn’t new. So, I came to cachaça as a category of rum, despite those who insist that it isn’t rum. I smell something weird. You know how people tell kids that they can become anything that they want? This rum was told that, and decided that it was gonna be tequila. (Not really, but it is vegetal) Sweet, lime juice, way overripe oranges (verging on rotting), fresh mown wet grass, vanilla, and some acetone. First sip, sweet, thin, some sour tartness. There’s a greenness to this, like the taste in your mouth after using an industrial weed trimmer, bitter like dandelion greens. The finish is mouthwatering, peppery, and vegetal. The green taste is present here too. There’s also something like biting into a lime. I haven’t had another cachaça other than Cachaça 51, so my rating is based entirely on my taste. 70/100