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While in Sevierville, I picked up a few moonshines from a local distillery. As I was on vacation, only one of the moonshines made it back for me to write up. The other three beverages were of varying deliciousness. I distinctly remember the Apple Pie being pretty mid, the Chocolate Silk being so bad that I wound up pouring it out, and the Banana Pudding going down dangerously quickly. Where will the cinnamon fall?
One of the more interesting things about moonshine when compared to whiskey is that I don't automatically say that it looks like the others. Sometimes, they go out of their way to color the beverage, and sometimes the ingredients that they use just naturally change the color. This one has had color added, but I can at least say that it looks like the dark bits in a good cinnamon bread. The aroma should be pretty close to Fireball, but it isn't. I mean, it has a lot of cinnamon, but the odor of alcohol precedes that smell quite a bit.
First sip is significantly more calm than a Fireball. It has relatively light cinnamon, and the alcohol isn't pounding me in the mouth (the relatively low 25% ABV doesn't hurt). In fact, the cinnamon rides on a wave of wateriness as if I had added ice or water to the drink already. For the record, I didn't. It's only after the drink is completely gone that I realize the alcohol flavor is sticking around longer than the cinnamon.
Subsequent sips reveal an odd kind of mellow feel that, for some reason, has a spike of cinnamon and alcohol in the middle. This could be a good sipping shine, if it weren't for this little blip. Even if they took that concentrated flavor bomb and spread it out across the rest of the experience, it would probably be better than what they wound up with.
Bottom Line: There are better cinnamon adult beverages.
2.25/5
