This one we got lucky on. Aaron gets a gift card from his work on his birthday and hire anniversary. He cashed them out for costco giftcards last year. We used them to get Lagavulin when it was on sale. It only cost us about 20 bucks, but it's normally about 90 bucks if you get it from Bevmo.
Color: 1990s sunglasses. Light reddish brown, like a beer bottle.
Alcohol Content: 43%
Nose: Apple, cold fruit, parmesan? Something else is there, but I can't pin it. Not a great smell. The apple and cold fruit are nice but something fuckey is present.
Taste: Almost like a white grape. This is not strong at all on the tongue. Light burn but more on the mild side than other things I've tasted. Far on the fruit side, not tasting a lot of peat.
Finish: Finish is much better. Smokey, fruity, refreshing. Like a mouth full of water at a bbq. Quite nice.
Notes: This was pretty nice. If it wasn't 90 bucks I would have it in my house all the time. I will probably get it whenever it goes on sale. Unlike most of the things I've tried, I'm happy I got to taste it.
95/100.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Not a scotch - Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Scotch is proving too expensive to buy on a regular basis, as well as taking up too much room in my kitchen. Last check we had 6 bottles of scotch from various tastings left over that we need to finish before we can bring in.
Which brings us to today's review - Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Price: 19.99, but on sale from 27.99, at Bevmo
Method: neat
Alcohol content: 50%
Color: clear
Nose: Not much, but you can smell the alcohol content
Taste: no
Finish: no
Notes: This was so bad that I gagged on the first swallow. My body immediately felt we were being poisoned. It tasted like if you had sucked on a corn pop for an hour, not much flavor but corn undertones. But there was nothing good about this. No after flavor, no nothing. There is not much merit to this compared to other things you can get today. I mean, I guess if you're an alcoholic with the shakes right after prohibition was enacted, and all you have is a can of creamed corn and a yeast infection, that you would have to make do. But there is just so much out there today. You don't have to settle for this.
I will be getting a flavored moonshine to see if it's just this I don't like but my hopes are not high.
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Score: 30/100, only because it was better than that Dewar's honey monstrosity.
Which brings us to today's review - Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Price: 19.99, but on sale from 27.99, at Bevmo
Method: neat
Alcohol content: 50%
Color: clear
Nose: Not much, but you can smell the alcohol content
Taste: no
Finish: no
Notes: This was so bad that I gagged on the first swallow. My body immediately felt we were being poisoned. It tasted like if you had sucked on a corn pop for an hour, not much flavor but corn undertones. But there was nothing good about this. No after flavor, no nothing. There is not much merit to this compared to other things you can get today. I mean, I guess if you're an alcoholic with the shakes right after prohibition was enacted, and all you have is a can of creamed corn and a yeast infection, that you would have to make do. But there is just so much out there today. You don't have to settle for this.
I will be getting a flavored moonshine to see if it's just this I don't like but my hopes are not high.
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Score: 30/100, only because it was better than that Dewar's honey monstrosity.
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