Post #800650 by HopeChest on Thu, Feb 13, 2020 3:25 PM

On 2020-02-13 09:55, mikehooker wrote:

I wish this stuff was more widely available. I don't know if anyone in my area even carries it anymore. Depending on my rum blend, their standard curacao is often my preference over Ferrand in a Mai Tai. I know they recently (last year or so?) changed their label. Not sure if the formula changed along with that. Hope not. I still have a tiny bit of an old bottle remaining and a full new label one, so should compare. Never tried their colored varieties. Presumably they're the same with just added food coloring. Not that I make a habit of using blue curacao, but the most tolerable I've had is Bols. Mildly less medicinal than the Ready Rabbits and DeKyupers of the world. I'm willing to bet Senior and Giffard's offerings are better.

If someone told me that the DeKuyper could also be used as antifreeze, I wouldn't bat an eyelash - some of the most horrid stuff I have ever put in a drink. Bols is definitely better.

Not sure if you're anywhere near the Total Wine locations but they can usually get the Senior for you via in-store transfer if another location has it. Give 'em a ring! I've never seen the Giffard Blue in the wild but would totally grab a bottle to try if I did.

As a side note, when Beachbum Berry gave a talk at Trader Vic's not long ago, he mentioned that he actually doesn't like the Pierre Ferrand and that his preference is Bols, which he said is also what they use at Latitude 29. I was quite surprised.