This is a real kick in the pants, for better or for worse. When you smell it, you get a powerful burst of raspberry followed immediately by a strong grassy aroma, as if someone smashed a raspberry against your nose and then pushed you face-first into a pile of lawn clippings. In the taste, the grassy element is again prominent. The raspberry dimension of the smell and taste is wonderful, but the grass dimension is a bit too prominent for my tastes. I can drink a little of it neat, but just as I'm enjoying the raspberry, the grass comes in and pushes it out. I have found, however, that it is a magical reagent for creating two-ingredient "cocktails". I've mixed it with whiskey, rum, liqueurs, etc. In such mixes, the raspberry aroma remains but the grassy part is more subdued (which is fine by me), and the result is often a new angle on the flavor of whatever I mixed with it, modifying but not overwhelming the other taste. All in all it's worth a try.
About this bottle
St. George starts out with whole California raspberries, picked at the height of ripeness to retain the freshness and purity of the fruit. Distilled in their proprietary copper pot-stills, the objective here was to capture the aromas of raspberries at their peak. Produced without the use of extra sugars or any other additives.
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An unaged fruit Brandy crafted in 250-liter copper pot stills, by St. George Distillery of Alameda, California. It has an aromatic birth with notes of berries, hints of stone fruit & spring leaves; while a fruity life adds notes of raspberry & cherry; that led to a long & rich death with a touch of earth. September 2017 / April 2018
Smells like raspberry seeds and seaweed laver. Tastes like a mouthful of raspberry lavender soap. Very smooth going down, so it has that going for it. I can't get over the intense vegetalness of it. Wish they did a lighter maceration so that there was less contribution from the raspberry seed and more from the raspberry fruit.
Its a clear liquid but you might as well have a heaping glass of raspberries in your cup. The nose, palate, and finish are all raspberry explosions. Fun and different. Its one dimensional but hey, they tell you what to expect in the name. Big fan. Could drink loads of this stuff.
My first brandy. Had a sharpness to it and a back-bite that was not to my taste. Probably more an indication that I'm not a brandy person.
I love their pear brandy but I hated this has a very earthy flavor. at least I got it on clearance at 1/2 off
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