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2020 was hundreds of years ago. It was a different time, and it was a different reality that we all lived in. Who knows, maybe some of you reading this never lived in 2020, but it was a nightmarish hell scape of a year. I'm going to blame 2020 for my not actually remembering what I did or did not like about St. Brendan's Irish Cream. The original, unflavored cream appears to have done very well in my tasting, and it got a 4.0/5. That puts it in the same ballpark, generally, as Baileys. If it had gotten a quarter of a step more, it would have been in the excellent category, but instead it was just great. Here's the thing though: great is a significantly better than average category to be in. Maybe adding a little salted caramel will give us that extra quarter of a point, either way.
It appears to be the exact same color as the non-salted caramel version of the same cream. Obviously, it's going to have the same texture, as it's still just cream. I can smell the caramel on top of the cream, and the light chocolate is mixing with it in a very pleasing and soothing way. I remember this having a bit of vanilla to it, and I'm not smelling it, but I am looking forward to tasting it.
First sip is smooth as glass, sweet as candy, and the salt at the end really gives it a little something that many of these other flavored creams don't have. Will he give it that extra quarter of the point? Probably. Honestly, this is really good. Even at 17% ABV, I can barely taste the alcohol, and this would be very nice to sit down and relax with, just like its sibling was.
I keep sipping, and I keep coming to the same conclusion. This is a very good liqueur, and I think it is certainly within fighting distance of all of the Baileys flavors. In fact, it surpasses at least a few of them. I mean, if you're going to have as many flavors as Baileys does, you're eventually going to have some that can't stand up to your competitors. I like that both places are trying, and I'm winning in the end.
Bottom Line: There's a reason that man is a saint.
4.25/5
