Prichard's Sweet Georgia Belle Rum Liqueur - about $27 for a 750 - a peach mango rum liqueur..
http://www.prichardsdistillery.com/
the nose is more like apricots than peaches...a bit more musty than bright...the alcohol seems behind the dominant stone fruit smell..there is a hint of fruit skins that comes around afterwards..this is where the mangos come in, after it sits a while
buttery maple syrup is the first note...then the sweet peach flavor...not real peach but kind of a jolly rancher one...the alcohol comes up behind the simple syrup taste and bites a bit.....this would be good on the rocks with club soda....
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sapling maple liqueur - brewed using vermont grade A maple syrup
- about $32 for a 750
http://www.saplingliqueur.com/
such a tremendously yummy nose...buttery brown sugar...reminds me of pancakes..maybe that memory puts the taste of yeasty dough in my mind or there could be notes of it already in the liqueur...caramel...madeleines.....
in the mouth..warm butter..a bit of macadamia flavor..maple syrup..brown sugar..the alcohol bite is low. this is a great sipper...an ice cube may ruin it if drinking unmixed....this would go great mixed however with frangelico and a good vodka like belvedere on the rocks...hell this would be great in a shake with coffee and ice cream!!!!
this is a bottle i would like to have
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strega - italian herbal liqueur -
http://www.strega.it/index.php
strega means "witch" in italian...and this is some kind of witch. it gets its yellow tint from saffron used in the process.
on the nose i first get juniper berries, some bitter sort of tree bark, some wintergreen and pine and something savory i cannot put my nose on...
in the mouth...wow...sweet then quick pepper and wintergreen followed by some floral sort of perfume, wood, a bit of bubble gum....gentian...cardamom (green)...a tiny bit of cinnamon, and so many other things i do not know yet.... great neat...maybe with one ice cube......i cannot see mixing it with anything..i may try it with a few dashes of soda water up to a half.....
this is a bottle i would like to have.
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kraken spiced rum - 94 proof - about $20 a 750
http://www.krakenrum.com/
a darker reddish brown color
on the nose vanilla and nutmeg, playdoh (yes i know, lolworthy but it is there..to me at least)
not as sweet as it smelled, a dark rum flavor with vanilla following but not a sweet vanilla and not your ordinary vanilla....madagascar i would say...some wood..and more vanilla
i would drink this neat, or with an ice cube or on the rocks with an elderflower presse or a real good ginger ale or hot buttered even...this would be interesting to try with the right kind of bitters too, say fee brothers chocolate bitters.....
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