One of the main reasons we’ve continued on this crusade of reviews is that all too often your idea of a whiskey viewed on the shelf or pontificated upon the bottle bears seemingly no resemblance to what is in the glass. Take this, for example, named after some bank robbers, owned as another gobbled up Sazerac distillery from Kentucky, and a look that screams “I will kill you in a way Jacky D never could”
So since we didn’t know, and this ain’t a tea site – Gunpowder Tea is a style of Chinese tea where the leaves are dried and rolled into little balls that resemble gunpowder like pellets. This makes them easier for travel and retains more flavor for a longer time which is what we assume the distilling mind of one PJ Rigney was concerned about.
We realize that it’s rare a spirit can be spooky (phrasing?), and as such, this really should be saved for the Halloween posting, but it’s April 1st so this is a joke? Either way, this rum is a bit of a terror. It says little, has a creepy vibe, and it’s strong enough to make your clothes fall off to the point where you become a slutty fortnite player? (We don’t do costume parties). It does, however, have some good bits to it.
We honestly did not pick this up because it was an Indian whiskey – as always it was huh, never seen that before. let’s get it. That being said it’s great to see that the offering from India is actually pretty good, oh sure it’s got problems, and it’s not as good as Japan’s recent forays, but first impressions are good.
1724 was a long time ago. The country we are posting from was not a thing™ at the time this company existed. With that much history, it does lend itself to the concept of whether we can truly judge such a thing. Well we might have only been around for less than a decade (bajeezus not by much though) but yes – yes we can judge them, and we say nay.
It’s been a minute since we’ve had something that is actually this well liked, but to give away too much at the beginning – Tin Cup is a good whiskey. That’s not to say it does not have its faults. While no single aspect of Tin Cup makes it exceptionally amazing, it is a solidly good whiskey, and it’s only true complaint comes in trying to change it.
It is a very peak Vermont thing to have a gin that would contain something like maple syrup or honey; however if you were expecting us to be sweet on this review – hello and welcome to Honest Booze Reviews where that rarely happens – and sure as shit isn’t going to happen here.
We have another near no-name brand, owned by the Suntory, a bottom of the shelf rum. Now, sure enough, there will be someone in the comments saying – oh you hate this because it’s low-tier because we’re snooty. We truly and honestly wish this was better, and having gotten rums before like DonQ at the same price we were hoping for it. That hope is dead.
While we understand how integral horse racing is to the Kentucky area, and that by extension it’s not insane how many bourbons associate with that heritage. (Lord knows KY has some other stuff not to latch onto). Between other industries, Nascar, bluegrass, and more – you’d just sort of wish to get a bourbon that doesn’t have a stupid 4 legged creature.
