Details
- Location: Ventura, CA
- Source material: Prickly pear
- Distillers: Anthony Caspary, Henry Tarmy, James Greenspun, Andrew Caspary
- ABV: 41%
- Tasting keywords:
- Buy it today
Nose
The Opuntia comes at you with a lively fruit bouquet with nips of peach, grape, and cherry just like an eu de vie. It’s like a warm summer day at the orchard in a glass.
Taste
The flavor is a fantastic expression of the fruit, it’s flavorful without being overly sweet or cloying. It reminds me most of a Croatian rakija, not afraid of being powerful but restrained as well. Those nice fruit notes get a bit more acidic and – perhaps this is purely associative – prickly at the end.
Read my profile of Ventura Spirits for more on how the Opuntia was made and for a dive into the entire Ventura Spirits project.
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