Scotland Stephenson's Spirits Reviews

Art in the Age Root

Review Date: September 9, 2009
Category Info: Liqueur :: Root Beer
Distilled From: Sugar Cane
Retail Price: $$$$ ($40-$50)
Bottle Size: 750 ml Bottle
Brewer / Distiller: Modern Spirits, LLC
Strength: 40%
Origin: United States - Monrovia, California

Tasting Notes:

Organic Root Beer Liqueur
Sugar cane base, infused with anise, allspice, cardamom, cinnamon, spearmint, lemon, smoked black tea, wintergreen, clove, orange, nutmeg, sugar cane, and birch bark.
Fantastic spicy sweet nose of strong cola and root beer.
Strong clove and cinnamon on the palate that is lightly sweet but with a noticeable bitter herbal character as well. There is a lot of complexity of flavor with rich earthy spices and notes of tea and mints. This is very interesting. Less sweet than expected and would offer a lot of complexity to drink recipes for mixologists etc.
Well worth a try.