Smell 5/5 taste 4.5/5
Wonder if they don't make this anymore, don't see it anywhere even online in USA
Only a 4? 😨😨😨
anywhere in Europe, I buy alcohol on Amazon all the time here in the UK, you can pick up loads of stuff that you just can't find in the shops, it's great
The state I live in you can't even get beers in convenience stores and it still shocks me when I go to NY or somewhere and I walk into the store and there's beer and malt drinks in the refrigerator section. You can't drink them in public though still.
It's currently £31.99 on Amazon deal of the day! ?
Where do you live that Amazon sells alcohol? India?
Amazing drink, but I could have spared the oloroso. It's to dissonant to sip through it, so used a straw, defeating the purpose of the float.
Good to know, it's hard for me to get it, and the last time I bought it I think it went bad anyway, I think it said made in 2021 and I thought it lasts forever because of it's high alcohol content, but apparently it's only fresh for a couple.
Okay, so that does suggest a cork problem. The reason that wine racks exist is to keep the wine in constant contact with the cork when in storage. When that doesn't occur the cork can deteriorate and go off. Most retailers don't understand that when it comes to, for example, vermouths so they store and display them standing upright. And, as you say, there's no telling how long any bottle has been sitting on the shelf.
Yeah it was definitely stored upright the whole time.
Our 25% ABV rule of thumb probably places us at the cautious end of the bell curve. We used to set the bar a bit lower at 20% and, at that level, never lost a bottle. These days we can afford to be more cautious since we have some wine fridges (Vintec) which we maintain at a constant 12°C. So those are what we mean when we say "fridge". Our cocktail bottles occupy a bit over half the space of one of them and they are about my height (195cm). The kitchen fridge, at its lower temperature, would be the best storage option but, as you say, is impractical. The bottles we've lost in the past (in our pre-cool-storage days) were all vermouths, sherries or aromatised wines. The strange, sickly smell was the giveaway...and having smelled it you will also taste it in the glass. A good bottle always smells unremarkably fresh to us. The big payoff for us in having a dedicated wine fridge is the greatly expanded range of cocktails that one can choose to make at any time.
Like I said the banana flavor is 4 percent higher and it's fine by comparison
For us, anything under 25% ABV goes in the fridge after opening.
Nah it already didn't taste as good after opening. I have no idea how long it'd been sitting on the shelf at the liquor store, the packaging was the original design though, with a cork, the newer ones just have a screw cap. No idea when they stopped using the cork.
Not enough banana flavor, might try ¾ of an oz instead of ½ an oz next time. Or maybe infuse the bourbon with banana.
Feel like it needs orange vodka or some other flavored vodka
Couple typos in this one
I wonder if the bottle I had went stale or something, I don't think 20 percent abv is enough to keep fresh forever, like the banana for example is 24 and tastes fine to me.
Not a bad shot. Not particularly strong. Not that sweet of a finish somehow. Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao, Giffard Banane du Bresil, Mr. Black. The aftertaste gets more and more mute as it goes, with the coffee lingering the loudest.
Something tells me the creator of any shot cocktail would be using Kahlua and not Mr. Black
I feel like you would need to use really good coconut water for this to be good. I did some research and the listacles recommended trader joes (too far away from me) and Harmless Harvest which is $6 a fucking bottle. Also even though I didn't read the recipe right and shook it, it still has a very strong alcohol taste that overpowers the subtle coconut. I didn't even buy the cheapest bottle, it was still $3 and organic.
What kind of yogurt? Whole fat unflavored I'm assuming?
Too bitter, might try with Aperol instead of Campari.
Used Ciroc vanilla vodka instead of regular vodka