Aqua Vit is one of the first spirits that we here at NeuFutur have had that are full-powered (or are relatively full powered) that do not easily fall into a whiskey, gin, vodka, rum type of connotation. The spirit itself is created by the owners of the titular restaurant, which has locations in the United States, Sweden, and Japan. The “type†of Aqua Vit varies dependent on where exactly one…
Melon is, I suppose, the hottest flavor this summer. We just reviewed the Smirnoff Melon Vodka a few days back, and we just received the Malibu Melon rum. Melon is a good flavor to lead off the summer, because it imparts a lighter flavor to any drink that the individual may make. The spirit may be a little on the light side in terms of alcohol content, but the taste…
Smirnoff is coming out with a number of different releases in the last few years that could be seen as shaking up the alcohol world. Their Tuscan Lemonade brought Limoncello drinks back, while their Melon interpretation of vodka really made a lighter flavor of that genus popular. Their Pomegranate one shares some similarities to the Melon one, but comes at the problem of providing a fulfilling spirit in a slightly…
Canadian Mist was one of those spirits that I always saw on the shelves of different liquor stores, but I never had the chance to actually sample the Canadian Whisky for myself. We at NeuFutur headquarters got a bottle for review a few weeks back and came to the conclusion that it is an extraordinary value for its price point. What individuals will immediately notice when they open their bottles…
While I always talked down ready-made cocktails, my experience with a number of them in the last year has opened my eyes, showing me that there can be a few cocktails that make for a solid night o drinking. They ensure that individuals are brought in slowly to inebriations, rather than filling a glass of vodka with a splash of Sprite and calling it a drink. The ready made cocktails…
Smirnoff Melon has some big shoes to fill, considering that their Tuscan Lemonade is one of the best cocktails that I have ever had. This time around, they have bumped up the alcohol content and have given individuals a much different (and frankly ignored) flavor in melon. When individuals first open the twisted bottle, what comes forth in regards to the nose is something that actually smells like it is…
Firefly was a solid enough alcoholic tea-based spirit, but we received an email touting the quality of a new product, the Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea. While the alcohol content between the two is considerably different, thee taste of each is similar. Where there is a distinct alcoholic note in the Jeremiah Weed, one could conceivably sip this spirit as if it was straight tea.
This spirit came with a plastic version of its namesake acting as a bottle topper. While that has been lost to posterity, the notes from our sampling of The Spirit of Liberty have not. The spirit itself is an American Cream, meaning that bourbon is mixed in with cream to create something that approximates an Irish cream liqueur (think Carolan’s). The liqueur is very specialized in flavor, meaning that it…
In the past, I have not been the biggest fan of tequila. A number of drinking sessions during my younger days led me into having a shot or other drink with tequila in it, and almost all of those nights ended badly. It has only been in the last few years, and especially since my wife likes tequila, that I have started to slightly like the spirit. Where we have…
A few years back, when I was still in a fraternity, I had a night where I went way too heavy on the Ouzo. While Sambuca is not Ouzo, I still feel as if there are a lot of similarities between the two. Let me be clear here, though: the spirit I had that night was much less in quality than the Antica Sambuca, and it was administered in much…
