Tequila Rose Strawberry Cream

Arguably the scariest 50ml that I found, the fact that this has some type of dairy in it and comes with a refrigeration requirement after opening has me concerned about how many years this has been sitting on my shelf... (thankfully unopened, but still...) I tried putting the little bottle in the freezer to achieve the pink roses, but saw no signs of the color changing after 15 minutes, so I'm thinking maybe the nib bottles don't have the same label ability. Despite this, I did pour it while it's quite cold, and as a strong disliker of milk, low proof liqueurs, and poor quality tequila mixto (I'd bet my life that's what's here), I'll do everything in my power to be objective for this review. The color is scary if you're aware that anything alcoholic is about to come out of the bottle; it makes a lot of sense in retrospect that the bottle is fully opaque black, since the creamy strawberry milk color that came out is definitely unappealing and unnerving. The nose is full of sugary strawberry bonbons and a touch of cream, but more like the cream flavor you'd find in a Werther's caramel & cream candy, as opposed to real cream. There's a small underlying note of general citrus, and a surprisingly detectable and almost hot nose of ethanol, which is super shocking at this low proof point. The flavor begins with a tinge of ethanol, but is by no means too powerful or off-putting for even the completely sober and abstaining. The body is indeed very creamy, and reflects that sweet strawberry candy flavor immediately and in a concentrated form, almost to a sour, citric acid degree. I'm not sure what the tequila is meant to attribute here, because there's no way to get a word in past the strawberry flavor, and is basically undetectable. I think having "tequila" on the label is likely losing more customers than gaining them, mostly because the flavor of the spirit doesn't attribute well enough here to be missed in lieu of vodka, but additionally since a lot of low proof drinkers generally have had bad experiences with cheap tequila (as opposed to vodka), and will likely shy away from buying anything using it. Having said that, the strawberry flavor here is immense, sweet, and makes for a lovely candy-like dessert liqueur that has no match that I'm aware of. I'm shocked I like it as much as I do, but if you don't have anything similar in your cordial or liqueur collection, I recommend giving it a try, especially because I'm almost certain the price point is likely very attractive.

Enjoyed it on a girls weekend. Smooth amd creamy, sweet. No taste if artificial fruit. Very pleasant

Creamy sweet delicious dessert liqueur