Post #751689 by Jeff Bannow on Mon, Sep 28, 2015 7:46 PM

On 2015-09-24 06:47, uncle trav wrote:
I gave the Santa Cruz bottled lime juice a try. As I said before I always squeeze my lime juice fresh so in my view that should be your first choice. The Santa Cruz as expected did not have the bright taste of fresh limes but much much better than other substitutes I have tried in the past. I mix my first cocktail exactly as the recipe called for. In my view the Santa Cruz was overpowering. This stuff is very potent and can be super tart. The next cocktail was the same recipe but I cut the called for lime juice amount in half. Still not fantastic but doable in a pinch. I think for traveling where fresh lime are a hassle or as an emergency substitute it would work. I'll stick to my fresh limes but thought I would give it a try.

I would agree - it's decent, but very strong. Cutting back the quantity is what I've been doing too. I think I'll keep a bottle of this and the lemon juice as well in my cabinet, for "emergencies."