Showing posts with label rum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rum. Show all posts

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Stop! Ninja time.

Ran some errands today, groceries, BJs etc, and stopped at the liquor store. I felt like something different. I didn't know what it was yet, just in a browsing kind of mood.

Wound up with this ($21.99):


Pours perfectly clear, a little thick, with an orange-gold hue.

The nose is huge. Vanilla is by far the dominant note, with a little lime. The vanilla does fade after a few minutes, bringing the lime out a bit more, along with a hint of cinnamon and an alcohol note (at 92 proof, as opposed to the usual 72-80, not surprising).

Decent mouthfeel, more vanilla, a lot more lime,

Goes down very warm (alcohol!), leaving a nice burn on the back of the tongue and a tingle in the cheeks, and goes right to your head.

Not bad at all at the price point, worth trying but nothing special. If I had any actual lime and some Coke, I'd try it in a Cuba Libre. That will have to wait until tomorrow.