@lukeloop well THAT sounds delicious …
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Pina Colada Brazilian (FA) 2.5% (6-11-21) – Most times, Brazilian Pina Coladas differ from standard PC’s with the addition of cream, and fermented sugar cane, in addition to coconut, rum, and pineapple juice. This one turned out to be a lightly refreshing drink, with MOST of the profiles, but missing the big one, Coconut. The biggest players I could detect, were a light, bright pineapple, and with a hint of lime, and a nice cream element. The coconut, if there, was so low in the mix, it was barely detectable, if at all. To my tastes, it kind of pulled it OFF target, as far as a Pina Colada, but it was still a nice summer time drink profile. The rum was present, and just low enough such that it didn’t overwhelm the flavor, or overshadow the other elements. You could easily overcome the lack of coconut by adding your own. The pairing of the pineapple and lime, was actually done quite nicely, as lime can be a steam roller in mixes, but here, it was kept fairly balanced and in check. At 2.5%, it was actually quite good, light, refreshing, and tasty, just NOT 100% nailing the Pina Colada due to the lacking coconut. Almost mid level sweet, and was great @ 2.5%, with no out of place flavors. Despite it being a quite tasty lime/pineapple/cream flavor, minor take-offs due to the missing coconut. Felt right at 6.5/10.
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Strawberry Green (FA) 2.5% (6-11-21) – RIGHT out of the gate, this one impressed me, but was it a GREEN strawberry ? That’s going to be hard to say, for everyone. Some yes, some no. I might just be in the no camp, BUT, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good. My immediate thoughts were directly “Kiwi meets Strawberry”. Throughout the entire test, I couldn’t shake that assessment. I know what FA was trying to do, and in many ways they succeeded. The Strawberry was deliciously bright, punchy, and and a very sparkly high end finish to it. As far as the “green”-ness, to my tastes, it just really presented as more of a Kiwi. Some people may perceive it as more of a “green”, so this one will REALLY be up to you guys to decide. As it stood, it was just damned good. Juicy, accurate, and at 2.5%, felt really centered, and good. It leaned heavily towards a natural SB with only slight undertones otherwise. What made it interesting, was it didn’t singularly lean towards a ripe, or a fresh, or even a candied, but had multiple elements swirling around, and kept it interesting throughout. While it may not be an FLV Alpine killer, it was certainly a new-ish take on a SB, and might not be a bad addition to your racks, even if you already are flush with SB’s. I tend to gravitate to SB’s that have a nice bright, almost sparkly finish, and this one has them, so possible fading aside, it would be able to punch through, and hold it’s own even when surrounded by creams, etc. While I’m not 100% on the greeen-ness of it, and despite really getting an almost Kiwi from it, it’s hard to mark this one down, as it did, what it did, well. Even within a crowded Strawberry field, this one, breaks new ground, and that’s not an easy thing to do. Handily a 9.3/10.
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When we got those bottles the name was Amarula but they did just change the name to Creamy Liqueur Special lol.
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@wllmc Oh DID they now ?? !!!
I always like it when you stop in brother. @Drew1 did me a solid in shipping these out. Setting up the LAST one for testing now.
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Vanilla Cookie (FA) 2.5% (6-11-21) – LAST ONE on deck. As these were steeping, this one caught my nose, as different than expected. My current go to Cookie is CAP’s Sugar Cookie for reference. Upon first taste, it felt somewhat familiar to me, and it took a second to figure it out (yeah, I test a LOT of flavors LOL). Luckily for you guys, I placed it. This has SOME similarities to …
Molinberry's Butter My Biscuit
Butter My Biscuit (Molinberry) 6% (1-26-20) – FIRST Molinberry out of the gate, and what the HELL is this one ?? !! Do I have your attention LOL ?? OK, the moment you vape this, you get literally SMACKED by the Butter. Not a smidge, a dab, a bit, literally right between the eyes. Wow, didn’t see that coming from a “non-triangle” formulation. Once you get past the shockingly good butter, the biscuit starts to reveal itself. This is not an INW Biscuit which is more like an American Bisquik, but more like Jungle Flavors biscuit which is more of a European biscuit. It has some sweetness, but lower in the scale, with a convincing bakery finish, which has a subtle note, perhaps a slight almond maybe ?? Now I’m quite sure not many of you, just go out and single flavor test a biscuit, but that’s why you’re reading this LOL. As a SF it is an interesting one, and even with the slight sweetness and probably almond-ish undertone, the overwhelming buttery nature of it, will lead to a LOT of uses for this one. For a buttery biscuit, or a really buttery biscuit, Molinberry nailed this one. Easily 9.5/10 .
Now in comparison to the aforementioned, this one had a much more relaxed butter note, and a FAR less biscuit note, which to me, started to drop it into more of a cookie profile, but the similarities, still existed. The bakery/texture in this one REALLY came through, and almost added some grainy-ness to it, which is really hard to do IMO. While there were some buttery elements in here, they were NOT high enough to push this into a butter cookie status. The vanilla aspect(s) were present, but somewhat relaxed, so it was IN there, but it didn’t SCREAM vanilla at the same time. The bakery, and texture just kept really impressing me throughout the entire tester, and the buttery notes, and about mid-level sweetness kept it interesting. Wow, always nice when you can run out a series with a BANG. Your tastes on cookies vs. biscuits will vary, especially if you’re US vs. UK, but this one really seemed to almost bridge the gap of BOTH, and did it with a buttery undertone, and a texture-ous-ness that really drove it home. This one is yet another, that should probably end up on your racks, as it really bonded the cookie/biscuit, and tasted great. Going to finish out this great new series from Flavour Art leaving this one at a smoking hot 9.8/10.
As always, huge thanks out to @drew1, @wllmc, and the entire crew @Bull_City_Flavors for making this run possible, and the continued support.
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@authormichellehughes if you end up picking up FA’s new Vanilla Cookie, please let me know what you think.
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Nice review. I have a number of favored recipes that use cookie and biscuit so this one is a must try.
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The Vanilla Cookie has currently taken pole position when reaching for cookies.
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Has anyone seen this for sale? I checked BCF and CF last night but didn’t see them.
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I asked Chefs about these and they said very soon (that was about 10 days ago). I think i saw them on sale already on South African site over a week ago.
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Ok, thanks.
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Waiting on the release and I will be getting that one and the custards because that’s my favorite flavor profile
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@SessionDrummer and @authormichellehughes
Is there some FA flavour quite similar to Tuscan Reserve?
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I honestly have no idea.
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