Today’s dram: Crown Towers, Malt Based Spirit Distilled Admixture, Fine Spirit
Today’s tasting notes: Burn. Just burn. Like when a cartoon character drinks from a jug marked XX.
Today’s thoughts: I generally like to know what I’m buying, but in this trip I’m living in a bit of grey area with the language barrier. Costa Rica is pretty English-friendly, with many menus and labels appearing in both Spanish and English. Most establishments seem to have at least one fluent English speaker on staff, and many others speak some basic phrases. All of which is great, as my limited Spanish language education is two decades old and wasn’t that thorough to begin with.
A trip to a local grocery today was interesting. Lots of U.S. brands, with prices only slightly elevated for their importation. We mostly purchased locally made beer and snack foods, but I did, of course, peruse the whisky offerings. There weren’t many, and those were mostly familiar brands I could get back home.
But this little jewel was also there.
If I’ve translated the label correctly — no guarantees — it’s made in France from a mixture of malt whisky and neutral grain spirits.
Note to self: In future, avoid whisky made by the French for the Central American market.
Today’s toast: To adventure! En el supermercado!
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