nitack
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Be warned, it will happen to you at some point...
I just opened a tester bottle of my acerglyn and I am disappointed. It is dry, with maple undertones, and not much else. I used a cheaper honey (probably costco, but I don't remember for sure), and I think I am missing all the depth that would have come from unrefined, raw, wonderful, honey. The maple undertones are good, there, but neither overstated nor too faint. The problem is that there is not really anything else, it is like something is missing in the rest of the drink. I think if I had used better honey I would have gotten more residual flavors from the flowers that the bees harvested.
Lesson learned: When you have something like a Bochet, where the real character is coming from something else or in the case of bochet the process... cheap honey is fine. Anything where you really need the honey to be the star of the show... DON'T GO CHEAP.
I just opened a tester bottle of my acerglyn and I am disappointed. It is dry, with maple undertones, and not much else. I used a cheaper honey (probably costco, but I don't remember for sure), and I think I am missing all the depth that would have come from unrefined, raw, wonderful, honey. The maple undertones are good, there, but neither overstated nor too faint. The problem is that there is not really anything else, it is like something is missing in the rest of the drink. I think if I had used better honey I would have gotten more residual flavors from the flowers that the bees harvested.
Lesson learned: When you have something like a Bochet, where the real character is coming from something else or in the case of bochet the process... cheap honey is fine. Anything where you really need the honey to be the star of the show... DON'T GO CHEAP.
