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Black Dirt

Black Dirt
New York Apple Jack Brandy

Category: Fruit Brandy

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
85 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$48

Black Dirt
New York Apple Jack Brandy

Category: Fruit Brandy

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
Golden amber color. Oaky aromas of sarsaparilla, peanut marzipan, spiced tea, sandalwood, and caramel apple with a velvety, crisp, dryish medium body and a polished, interesting, medium-length spumoni and caramel sauce finish. A heavily oaked Applejack to try in creative and tasty Wisconsin Old Fashioneds.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Candied, Rich & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: sarsaparilla, peanut marzipan, spiced tea, sandalwood, and caramel apple
Taste Flavor: spumoni and caramel sauce
Smoothness Smoothness: Smooth
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Wisconsin Old Fashioned, Corpse Reviver #2, Breakfast Martini
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A heavily oaked Applejack to try in creative and tasty Wisconsin Old Fashioneds.

The Importer

Proximo Spirits

The Importer
3 Second Street
Suite 1101
Jersey City, NJ 07302
USA
1 800-837-8452

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Serve in a Copita
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