LouisianaLonghorn
Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
Flavored Whiskey — USA
Reviewed
April 29, 2020 (edited July 28, 2020)
Soooooooo........What the fuck...?
I don't normally go in for the flavored stuff, but this was available as a sampler and I was in a hurry at the checkout at Total Wine because Covid-19 and ya...impulse buy. The last impulse flavored whisky I bought was the Dickel Tabasco finish, and we all know where that one belongs. There's been some rumblings about this pour in the last year. Let's see what the hype is all about.
The bottle says this is 35% ABV. Fairly standard for some of the flavored stuff. The peanut butter is definitely (read: in your face) there on the nose, but so is butter, kettle corn, and some honey. I'm guessing a corn-based spirit here. On the palate it enters....holly shit....fuck.......cloyingly sweet. Like drinking caro syrup. Good lord...not a subtle entrance. Like if someone liquified a peanut butter cup and added alcohol. After a moment to adjust, it's not bad, but it doesn't taste like whisky either...I'm guessing this was designed as a mixer for foofy cocktails.
One star and change. Because flavored whisky, but an extra .25 for the novelty of the thing. Good if you're in the mood for desert, but not if you're in the mood for a whisky. Also, sorry for the profanity. It's been some time since I had such a viceral reaction to a spirit of any type. Taste at your own risk.
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I tried a small sample of this at my local liquor store. I didn’t want to try it but the short skirt and low-cut top of the 20-something girl handing out samples won me over. God it’s sweet!! Not for whisky lovers, but ok, I suppose, for the young crowd wanting something to use in shots.
I thought I had reviewed this? But it’s not showing up?
@jonwilkinson7309 that’s an interesting idea. I’ve got time on my hands to experiment right now. @WhiskeyLonghorn like you I was hoping for a little saltiness like you get in real peanut butter or something to cut the sweetness. It’s just so over the top. I saw a recipe that was equal parts Skrewball, Baileys, and chocolate liqueur with a dusting of cocoa powder to cut the sweet. May riff on that some as a cocktail idea. Right now it’s just sitting on the shelf, laughing at me.
@James-Wamser yeah—-I don’t get it...the state by state variation is ridiculous. In UK and EU, you can buy from Amazon and retail prices are pretty much stable
@PBMichiganWolverine some party stores just jack prices up. It's terrible. Others are ok. I'm not paying $120 for a bottle of Blantons when state minimum is $60
@James-Wamser i think Michigan is a controlled state? So, might be harder to find things there, but on the bright side, if you do, it’s not price gauges
@PBMichiganWolverine Ah. Go Blue!
@James-Wamser i’ve not had it...I tend to stay away from flavored, just too sweet for my palette. (And I’m not in Michigan...just did my schooling there at UofM.)
@PBMichiganWolverine where do you find this stuff in Michigan? Help me out!
This is way too sweet to drink straight and as far as I'm concerned, this is a liqueur, not a whiskey. We have a bottle of it on the shelf, and on occasion, I've added it to the odd bourbon that needs...something else, like Blade & Bow. I've found it to be quite interesting in that respect, as long as it's contained to a ratio of about 8:1.
@PBMichiganWolverine now there’s an idea!
@cascode my local stores have a fairly studly sample section, and once in a while they get something bizarre and unique in stock. Better than sinking the money for a bottle...
This sounds beyond diabolical - but then I despise peanut butter.
@PBMichiganWolverine that is what this is really is: a liqueur not a whiskey. Just some sweet fun meant for mixing than sipping.
@WhiskeyLonghorn I have a feeling if you put a pour into hot chocolate, it’ll be like having liquid Reese’s peanut butter cup