Tiki Central / Tiki Drinks and Food / A Spiritous Journey through Remixed - From the Astro Aku Aku to the Zadaran Storm
Post #708068 by Destro100 on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 10:31 AM
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Drink 30: Von Tiki Ingredients I used: Fresh lime juice First, a few notes regarding ingredients. I did it. I bought a bottle of Stroh. It smells wondrous. It tastes abysmal. This bottle will last me a long time.
Furthermore, I thought this would be a great opportunity to compare two different honey-based liqueurs: the more-popular Barenjager (from Germany) and the less well-known Krupnik (from Poland). Barenjager is very sweet and syrupy. The honey takes center-stage. As a matter of fact, I almost-only taste the honey. You do get some alcohol, but it's way in the background and the percentage is 35%. I honestly don't see why I should use this when instead I could just use a rich-honey syrup. Let me introduce Krupnik. It is not as syrupy. It is a little smoother and the honey is tempered by a combination of gentle spices. There is an aromatic floral-flavor that enhances the honey-base delightfully. It's smoother and it is also stronger at 40%. Unfortunately, I didn't get to use this for the cocktail, but I am interested in trying it next time. One final note - Krupnik usually runs 5-10 bucks cheaper.
Back to the drink. I'm not a huge fan of the drink. It is rather one-note. The honey dominates the drink while the Stroh and the Mt. Gay gets lost on the palate. It's not a bad drink - just an unexceptional one. I usually love Mr. Berry's originals, but this one I'm not sure I get. My personal rating: ** (2) out of ***** (5) SCORECARD: 3.5 - VERY GOOD - 10 drinks and counting 3 - GOOD - 7 drinks and counting 2.5 - ABOVE AVERAGE - 3 drinks and counting 2 - AVERAGE - 4 drinks and counting 1.5 - BELOW AVERAGE - 1 drink and hopefully not too many more [ Edited by: Destro100 2014-02-13 10:53 ] |
