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Taste Testing - Update

Update - March 14, 2014: Doing a taste test on all the jars this evening.  I'm using a tea spoon and just getting enough liquor to coat my tongue so I can taste all the flavor without getting drunk.   First up, the Carob, distinct odor and taste of raw carob with a strong chocolate and coco like flavor, sweet, base liquor almost totally neutralized in both odor and taste.  Color is like a Anejo tequila or ice tea, very nice, I think making a full batch of this would be very good. Jujube - Also sweet, leather, musk like odor and taste, very interesting, earthy.  Good, better blender than a straight in my opinion.  Leather, earthy, sweet.  Both are hot, I'm going to have to test the alcohol percentage, they are going down very warm. Next  up the travarica with no pelin in it, color is of white wine, the aroma is citrus, lemon and mint. Taste is citrus, lemon, very light mint, think of a unsweetened limoncello but with slightly more complexity.  If I had to do this o