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Jason Gregory

Jason Gregory

Northeast, United States

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It tastes like a green bell pepper or jalapeno pepper without the spiciness. I guess it makes sense because it's made out of sugarcane which is green, and sugarcane without the sugar would probably taste like a vegetable.

Ramazzotti Amaro
2 Comments
Andrew Davison

What would be a close substitute for this Amaro? I live in the literal and figuative desert of Utah, it is very difficult to find unique liquers and amaros here!

Jason Gregory

Maybe mix Meletti with some Suze but if you can't find Ramazotti I don't think you'll find either of those.

Bret Weston

This Montana native thinks this Daiquiri is excellent. The wife really enjoyed it as well.
Good balance and flavor. Going into the favorites file.

Jason Gregory

I think it's supposed to be a reference to Tony Montana from Scarface

Gareth Hives

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

Jason Gregory

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.

Fog Cutter
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Robert Spain

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.

Jason Gregory

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.

Simon Sedgley

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.

Jason Gregory

Yeah it was definitely stored upright the whole time.

Simon Sedgley

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.

Jason Gregory

Like I said the banana flavor is 4 percent higher and it's fine by comparison

Simon Sedgley

For us, anything under 25% ABV goes in the fridge after opening.

Jason Gregory

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.