As a Perique Lover, I Wish I Still Drank!

[AppalachianPipe92]

Title edited for caps. Please read Rule 9!

I gotta know, has anybody had this? It seems like it has so much potential to be either fantastic, or God awful. Either way, I thought this was an interesting choice of brown water. I also wonder how it would be for casing a blend, though I think I prefer the real stuff.

 

[shanez]

I'd at least try it but honestly it doesn't sound very good.

 

[Mortamyhr]

Not really sure that a tobacco flavored liqueur sounds good necessarily. But, as a person that occasionally will drink *a* shot of Malort with the better half, I’d try it

 

[mortonbriar]

It kind of turns my stomach to think about.

 

[canucklehead]

It kind of turns my stomach to think about.

Yeah, even the thought of drinking perique juice is nauseating.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Looks terrible. I would still buy a bottle. Just sayin…

 

[canucklehead]

Looks terrible. I would still buy a bottle. Just sayin…

One of those ones that you try to get other people to drink to see what faces they make. I wonder if it smells like perique?

 

[Doctor Chopper]

One of those ones that you try to get other people to drink to see what faces they make. I wonder if it smells like perique?

In college I had a friend who would buy the dustiest bottle at the liquor store for every party. He used peer pressure to get us all to take a shot - I was young and weak. I drank quite a bit of shitty liquor, but I didn't mind at the time. I am sure Perique would not be the worst thing I have tasted.

 

[Indygrap]

Sounds interesting. I’ll keep a lookout for it. They had their wholesalers listed but no retailers & they distribute to my state.

 

[Zamora]

I'd definatley try it. Sounds like one of those love it or hate it liqueurs like Fernet Branca. Would be very interesting to make a DIY aromatic with it

 

[JackOrion]

I could probably make a pretty good tiki cocktail with it.

 

[Zamora]

I could probably make a pretty good tiki cocktail with it.

Great idea. Cocktails are probably the best use of it and I think with a tiki drink it would be balanced out by all the other stuff

 

[Sobrbiker]

The lengths they’ve gone to to replace the lost marketshare since I quit never ceases to amaze me

 

[pappymac]

I visited Mark Ryan (previous owner of D&R) at the perique facility in St. James Parish a few years ago and we sat at his kitchen table and had a couple of glasses of Perique. It was actually pretty good and paired well with the cigar he gave me. He was just introducing this cigar that had perique in it.

I wouldn't call Perique a brown water though but mainly it is an absinthe based liqueur. Problem is, it is distilled in France and they apparently do limited production runs and don't ship to the U.S. At least they didn't back when I tried it.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

We already have a latakia flavored scotch, so why not...

 

[DollarStoreChili]

From what I read online it sounds like a sweetend scotch. Sounds rare though so it's probably expensive.

 

[pappymac]

 

[AJL67]

But is it peppery or is it dark fruity.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

I'd at least try it but honestly it doesn't sound very good.

I like to think it'd be good, maybe using the perique barrels somewhere in the process of making it. But your probably right about it not being good.
I loathe the thought of it having artificial flavors to mimic the taste of perique.

 

[monty55]

Nuts!

Who gets up one morning and decides it would be a good idea, and maybe even profitable, to make a liquor with Perique tobacco leaf?