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Review: Crafthouse Cocktails Coffee Old Fashioned

Review: Crafthouse Cocktails Coffee Old Fashioned

Type: American
ABV: 51.2 proof
Price: $40

Review is a American whisky. ABV: 51.2 proof.

Tasting Notes

Nose

This definitely has the coffee smell. Heavy coffee. It smells less like an Old Fashioned and more like an espresso martini. I don’t mind that. I like the smell of coffee. But this is supposed to be an old fashioned, and I don’t smell whiskey in the slightest. It smells like a just-finished mug of coffee when you stick your snoot inside looking for the last few drops.

Palate

I really wanted to like this because of the apparent integrity and pedigree of the company and those who founded it. Also, it would make the first pre-made cocktail that I enjoyed. But this tastes off, somehow, to me. As much as I wish it did taste like an Old Fashioned, it does not. To me, it tastes like coffee that someone snuck whiskey into and then you wandered away from your mug and allowed it to get cold. Maybe if you like a boozy iced coffee (try drinking this over ice at first like they recommend) this is totally your jam. But this just tastes sort of stale and old to me. Nutrition experts like to say that frozen or canned veggies are just as good or even better than fresh. I feel like the same sort of preservation methods just don’t work well for cocktails for me. I want them fres

Finish

Comments: Latest On The Whiskey Wash A blend of 2–5-year-old whiskeys from Traverse City Whiskey Co., bitters from Chicago’s Dark Matter Coffee, and spices and cacao from Chicago and Mexico-based Sleep Walk Chocolateria; 51

Expert Review

We put Crafthouse Cocktails Coffee Old Fashioned through its paces. Here is our take on this American expression.

Ash Carrington
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