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Another beverage from the Canadian Dick Tracey villain. I have not heard of any actual Canadian bootleggers, but I suppose there would be some, right. I guess I just automatically think of the guys in the hills of North Carolina running moonshine, but I recall there being quite a trade of Canadian whiskey during prohibition. Is this the kind of thing they would have tried to bring across, too? Does that make them bootleggers, though? I mean, it was legal in Canada.
I chose this beverage because it's green. I recall sitting next to a friend at a bar once upon a time, and he expressed to me that his goal in life was to be immensely wealthy, pop out of his Italian sports car, confidently walk into a bar, and to tell the barkeep to pour a glass of the green stuff. He didn't know what it was or what it would taste like, but the idea meant more to him than the substance. Also, this smells of granny smith apple skins. I say the skin, as it's a pretty dull aroma, comparatively speaking.
First shot is... slightly tart apple. It's not sour. It's actually pretty sweet on the back end. I wonder why they made this and called it a "shot." At 10% ABV, this diminutive 6.8-oz bottle is roughly half the size of a regular beer I would pick up with slightly more alcohol. Sometimes, my beer will exceed this ABV. It doesn't seem to me that this actually fulfills the purpose of a shot which I am led to understand is simply to get drunk. I suppose it was cheap.
Continuing to do this shot-by-shot, the flavor is perfectly acceptable - like a stale Jolly Ranger sour apple (that isn't as sour). The act of drinking a shot and pouring another seems a bit tedious, if you're not either A) with friends who also want to get drunk or B) charging by the shot. I am doing neither, so the next one I review will be in a regular liquor glass.
Bottom Line: It's fine.
2.25/5
