After my experience with the Apple Pie Moonshine, I have decided to add ice right away. The Apple pie was strong tasting, but it had no punch. This one simply reeks of alcohol and is 35%ABV, which isn't really that much, is it? It's about double that of wine.
Color is just about right for moonshine - it's clear as water. It's unexpectedly thick, too. When I poured it, it seemed to be a little more runny than syrup. As I mentioned before, it has a very heavy alcohol smell to it. It also smells of strawberries, but there is something else - like a burned out filament or something. I will say that I'm having second thoughts about drinking this at this point, but I'm going to give it a go for you - my two or three visitors.
First sip is lighter than I had expected. It is sweet strawberries - like a strawberry cream candy (have you ever had the Life Savers Strawberries and Cream swirl ones?) If you soak one of those in a small glass of lighter fluid for a few hours and then pop it into your mouth (not recommended) you might have a similar effect.
I'm not gulping this stuff. However, I can take a bigger sip to tell that tip-in gives a hint of burning from the alcohol before moving into the strawberry taste. The strawberries aren't enough to overpower the brutal alcohol, though, and it follows with a vicious punch. If I thought this would have a substantial effect, I would say that some people would accept the trade-off to get drunk, but that doesn't seem likely.
1.0/5
Full Throttle Strawberry S'loonshine XXX
Saturday, February 15, 2014