SANTA FE SPIRITS APPLE BRANDY: Final Thoughts

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Applejack-Off 2014 SANTA FE SPIRITS APPLE BRANDY:
Final Thoughts

So what can we say about Santa Fe Spirits Apple Brandy that doesn't involve the word "balanced" any more since we've already humped it to death...  The thing is, that balance was unexpected.  Aged apple spirits seem to aim for a niche of preserving some specific heritage.  Targets can be close to a whiskey or so far near a clear spirit that it can be impossible to place them in the same family of "applejack."  But Santa Fe Spirits has an apple history of bring apples where apples had feared to tread.  That means they know where to get apples in a bad year, and what kind of apples they'll be using from their home turf in a good one.  So let's get looking into this:










When you want an Apple Brandy / Applejack that you can count on, to make your plans and share with friends with no surprises, Santa Fe Spirits fits the bill.  The individual notes and uniqueness are present there's no doubt, but all the while the flight-plan and destination are locked in, and you can just sit back and relax in the knowledge that everything is going to be fine.  Notes of apple skin and cinnamon, with a tiny bit of New Mexico wild-fire, make for pleasant viewing out the window, with the apple notes from air-conditioning are set to "perfect" all the while. 








Like we said in the beginning, we really didn't expect to see an aged apple spirit come out of anywhere but the North-East USA, Eastern Canada, or maybe Washington State.  California would have been stretching it, and New Mexico would probably have ended up near Alaska on our list of least likely sources for it.  Oh how wrong we were and we've never been happier to be so.  The final product from Santa Fe Spirits is unique enough from the others to give it a personality, and it's one that always has the right thing to say at the right time, without blabbering on.