We had no idea what to expect— it’s not like we grew up eating Marula fruits in Ohio. We poured AMARULA into a rocks glass and it looked a bit like milk spiked with Hershey’s syrup. Most perplexing. Waving it under our noses our eyes popped- it was boisterous with a berry note of some sort. Now we were really confounded. Into the hatch it went and the berry note gave way to a cocoa or toffee flavor. Wow- unusual, but we’ve no doubt that lots of people will go absolutely bananas for this 34 proof cream liqueur. Take it straight or on ice. (Rating ****1/2)
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Carnivo XO—Gadzooks- a green colored liqueur made from “an award winning XO Cognac, premium French Vodka, a luscious tropical fruit juices”! This amalgam just makes no sense to us— why have both vodka and cognac? And how can you have both but only end up with a 40 proof liqueur? And how can the aforementioned ingredients make this stuff taste SO SUGARY? Baffling. It tastes a bit like spiked Gatorade. We’re not too fond of this syrupy stuff. Maybe those who like super sweet stuff will want to quaff this on ice. Not us, though. (Rating **1/2)
