Face Of New Orleans

Let me preface this post with saying that I thought it pretty well impossible for me not to enjoy a spirit. I found two recently that damn near nauseate me. And no, these aren’t rot-gut whiskies or anything. These are “quality” spirits, and priced as such. The Bái Jiǔ from Baojing runs about $35 a fifth and the Juniper Green gin ranges, but I paid about $27 for a fifth of it.

Bái Jiǔ is an asian spirit that, in the case of this particular brand, is “filtered through 168 carats of diamonds for pristine taste and for good fortune.” Gord. I don’t care if its filtered through Mother Theresa’s panties as long as it doesn’t taste as horrendous as this mess of crap did. Its become somewhat of a feigned threat in our house as a punishment during drinking games. The Bái Jiǔ was actaully the more pleasing of the two, because I had no preconceptions of what it would taste like.

Juniper Green’s “london dry gin” is nothing of the sort. The thing that was most dissappointing about it was that I had been looking forward to trying this spirit for about two years and just never got my hands on it. It tastes like a rancid clear malt whisky with some pine and other oddities in it. It almost felt like it could be something like a jonge genever, but it doesn’t even have a pleasant taste to it. Juniper Green is uneven on the palate and honestly, the only way I was able to use it was to make a punch out of it so the “flavor” wasn’t so prevalent.

Don’t buy these. I’m not saying this to intrigue you or challenge you into buying them. Don’t. They’re horrible.