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Review #7: Jack Daniel's Tennesse Honey

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I was trying to clear some space on my bar cart tonight by transferring a the last servings of low bottles into tiny sample bottles, and I ended up with enough left of this bottle in particular to do a review. Going in, I remembered liking this better (though not very much) than the standard Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 (Black Label), but that I found it really difficult to do anything with, so it stuck around entirely too long. I'm glad to finally be done with this bottle and to see it off with a review. (I'd meant to do this review on April Fool's because I felt it's a bit silly, but I didn't end up having the time. Oh well.) A side-by-side with standard Jack Daniel's may still be in the future because I kept a serving of this in a sample bottle. Name: Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Brand/Distiller: Jack Daniel's Brand Owner: Brown-Foreman Strength:  35% ABV (i.e. not whiskey anymore; it's a blend of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and honey liqu

Review #8: Finnriver Pear Wine with Apple Brandy

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I decided to start my Irish Infinity Bottle tonight by taking 2 oz each of the 3 bottles of Irish I currently have, and since it would be only 6 ounces (about 175 ml) I wanted an empty bottle that was smaller than the standard 750ml. As luck would have it I was one drink away from being done with this 375ml bottle! I've really enjoyed and savored this bottle which is part of why it stuck around so long waiting on the right mood or pairing for me to finish it up. Why not review it on its way out? Background: Finnriver is a farm and cidery located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington. I'd enjoyed their cider on tap at bars in the past but didn't know they had other products until I ran into them at a farmer's market where they were selling fruit wines made from the fruit grown on their own land. Their apple wine was pretty good and true to the cider I knew, but this Apple Wine with Pear Brandy was a step above and really quite something. I gladly bought three bo