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This doesn't claim to be a sippin' cream. It doesn't even claim to be just a regular cream. This claims to be an Irish cream. Is that its own thing? What are the requirements? Is it just that it be made in Ireland of, presumably, exclusively Irish ingredients? Well, I went ahead and looked it up. Basically, it has to use dairy cream, Irish whiskey, and it must be emulsified to be shelf stable. It should be from Ireland or at least use Irish whiskey, but there does not appear to be a governing body dictating anything specific.
Whelp, looks like cream. Maybe a shade darker than normal, but it's pretty much the weak chocolate milk that I see in a lot of these. I can smell the alcohol, caramel, and even the salt, which I remember smelling in one of these before and being surprised that salt, as a smell, could come through. It seems nice enough, and it can hopefully at least match its closest competitor.
First sip is quite sweet. It is creamy, as you would expect, and the caramel is making a good effort to come through. The salt seems lost in the mix, but the beverage is still pretty good. The fact is, this might be too sweet, even for a sweet liqueur. I get that you should really add this to ice cream, coffee, or Cocoa Puffs, but most of the other creams aren't quite as heavy-handed with the sweetness.
First sip is quite sweet. It is creamy, as you would expect, and the caramel is making a good effort to come through. The salt seems lost in the mix, but the beverage is still pretty good. The fact is, this might be too sweet, even for a sweet liqueur. I get that you should really add this to ice cream, coffee, or Cocoa Puffs, but most of the other creams aren't quite as heavy-handed with the sweetness.
Continued sipping is, indeed, quite cloying. I'm drinking it, but I think I would probably describe the effort as "muscling through it" more than anything else. It's just not very compelling, especially compared to the Baileys version of the same kind of drink.
Bottom Line: There are better alternatives.
2.0/5
