Nose: Orange peel, passion fruit, wood stain, vanilla, coal.
Palate: Ginger bread, licorice, orange peel, green grapes, walnuts, passion fruit. There is an unfortunate bitter element amongst all that. Smacks of a lot of spirit caramel.
Finish: Short on the flavors on the palate but the spirit caramel overwhelms.
Last Word: Fake Tan!
Rating: 71/100
Classic catch “buzz” copy from this era. “Let the good times roll” – “Let the spirit warm you like rays of sunshine”…sounds like it will do more than that ha ha. Your ninja spies certainly do come across some interesting bottles Brian.
You know underneath the Spirit Caramel a fair sort of whisky is trying to get out Clint. Think it only cost me about 10 bucks and it’s a lot smoother than the likes of JW Red. Would have made a fine summer sipper on the rocks. As it is, mostly going to be used as a mixer.
Brian
I’d definitely buy this for 10 bucks – just for the lovely and old-fashioned “Kirin-Seagram” label. Good work of your spies, Brian! 😉
Where on earth did you get hold of this bottle, Brian!
Through my ninja spies in Japan Pierre. : )