Name: Cut Water Bourbon Old Fashioned
Color: Light Brown
Nose: Bourbon, bitters, citrus, smells like an old fashion
Taste: Bourbon, vanilla, honey, light sugar
I saw this can on the shelf and I figured I should give it a try just to be fair. Everyone younger than me are drinking all these soda water cocktail cans by the pool these days. From what I experienced with tasting some of them they are terrible. Cutwater has numerous types of canned cocktails. I would list them all, but I don’t really want to waste my time and my readers.
I first saw canned cocktails about 15 years ago on train rides from London to Glasgow. I saw some people drinking them, usually businesspeople having a wee drink. The proper drinkers on a 4.5-hour train ride bring bottles of wine with corkscrews or bottles of whisky with plastic cups. I quickly learned how expensive drinks are in the bar cart and started bringing lunch and a couple of beers for the ride.
This cocktail can is20% abv, 40 proof in a 200 ml and tastes like a regular plain Old Fashioned made by a very average bartender. So, for it coming out of a can that is not that bad to be honest. It’s not good, it is just not bad
I was surprised that it was not too chemically tasting but it clearly has stabilizing chemicals in it as there is a slight chemical taste. I started neat and then added ice to it and it drinkable either way. Little too much sugar in it for my taste but if you added some more bourbon to it would kill the sugar.
These types of drinks are fine picnic, train trip, or pool party. The small can so be easy to hide if you need to but Old Fashions are a bad idea in hot weather. Don’t believe me, drink a few on a hot day.
Priced around $5 for a single can. I would drink one on a train ride if there was no other choice.
If you like it, drink it! – Christopher
If you like it, drink it!
