We had another Elixir Tasting at Cotton Tree Lodge last night.  This time round, it was concentrated around individual flavours of Elixirs.

We started off with a Limecello…an elixir made from lime zest.  This is a very interesting one to point out because I have noticed that in the last three tastings, somebody has consistently noted on its anise-like flavour.  This is an amazing example of how a liqueur can capture and encapsulate such fine layers of taste and with time, the expressions of particular flavours become more accentuated to give such unpredictable and complex tastes so that the final result isn’t just one flavour.  Wonderful!

And somebody always, in jest, compares the Lemongrass Elixir to a type of house-hold cleaner or “Pledge”.  This time, Gnome shouted it out first so that no-one could get the chance!

The Lemongrass Elixir is always a winner with its unique spicy and citrus notes.  If you are a beer drinker, one shot of this in beer gives it an extra twist…similar to a Shandy which is beer and lemonade.  We like to call this concoction Atomic Shandy!

I brought out the sapodilla liqueur since this is the season for this fruit (you must realise that by now because I have taking about it for weeks) and passed pieces of the dry fruit around so that people could compare tastes.  Everyone found the sapodilla liqueur warming with tastes of caramel and cinnamon…definitely a unique experience!

We had a thoroughly enjoyable tasting with this group of ten.  Two of the group were repeat attendees from two years ago and so it was a pleasure to have their company again.  Everyone was very lively and engaging and we found the enthusiasm very inspiring.  Thanks to all who participated!!

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