Whisky and other wonderful things

Afripac

Well. 60 dalassis for one liter, how bad could it be?

Nose: Paint thinner. Spice, lots of it, unspecified. Varnish. More spice. Still unspecified.

Palate: Well, you wouldn’t drink it after having nosed it unless it said specifically that it was whisky. However, it tastes excactly how it smells. Is that a sign of quality? Perhaps not, when it smells like this…

Score: Uhm. 0.5 out of 10. Don’t buy this, get in touch and I’ll give you a sample…

We picked up a bottle of Prazdņičoje bezalkogoļnoje in Riga. It’s Russian bubbly, if that’s not immediately obvious. Very expensive Russian bubbly. It cost all of 0.99 lat, on special offer at Rimi – 1 lat being approximately the same as 1.25 GBP. Or thereabouts. Well nigh ruined us, in other words.

I don’t quite know what I expected, I actually dared to hope it would be kind of nice, as we drank several bottles of the Riga bubbly while there and that was – for the price (some 2 lat, mostly) – rather nice. Dryish, at least.

This, however…

Nose: Honey and lemon sherbet filling. Rasberry soda pop.

Palate: Much of the same. Though the bubbles are visibly present, they don’t make a lot of themselves in the mouth.

Comments: Much too sweet for me, and not very wine-like at all. I would certainly not serve this with children present, as it’s almost impossible to differentiate it from a non-alcholic soft drink. On the other hand, I guess I wouldn’t serve it at all. I doubt we’ll finish the bottle.