So it makes perfect sense to release a combination of the two. Hard apple cider sales are through the roof right now, apple whiskeys are becoming more popular, and cinnamon flavored whiskeys are popping up everywhere. It’s a smart strategy and a well timed release. Fast forward to 2014 and they’re hoping to repeat that success with Three Olives Jacked Apple, an apple cinnamon flavored vodka that shares likeness to the logo of AppleJacks cereal. It wasn’t their first crazy flavor, and i t wouldn’t be their last, but none had the effect of Loopy. Back in 2011 they released Three Olives Loopy, a vodka that tasted JUST like fruit loops cereal (or froot loops if you prefer), and it was instantly one of the most talked about flavored vodkas on the market. Just saying.Lighting never strikes twice, but don’t tell that to Three Olives Vodka. Also, it made my throat feel like it was eroding, worse than the harshest of any liquors ever consumed. Unheard of in our world! Don’t let your curiosity or nostalgia for suagared fruity cereal get the best of you. The bottle loomed around our house for more than 3 weeks. This LOOPY vodka was the nastiest thing I’ve ever had. Anyway, I do not typically drink flavored vodkas unless at a bar- peach, rasp, lime w/ iced tea or soda, maybe an occasional “bomb” if I’m feeling stupid.
It should have been a signal, as it was $26 just a week prior. Anyway, next week I went back to same store and the 750ml was on sale for $13 and change. After looking through the “mini’s”, and not finding any sample’s, I put it off thinking next bar visit, I’ll try it in a shot.
After initially spotting the bottle on my usual vodka aisle, I couldn’t help my curiosity. I was also allured by the pretty colors and the sheer novelty of it. It’s likely that you’ve already found this cheap effrontery towards the sanctity of vodka. If you weren’t a fan of the cereal you wont like this. It’s mimicking the flavor of a children’s cereal that is essentially sugar and oats, so that is expected, but if you don’t like sweet drinks this one might not be for you. We took chilled shots, we mixed it with milk, we tried it with the usual suspect mixers like spite, coke, etc and found that it works best as a shot, or mixed with fruit juices, maybe as a punch.It’s pretty sweet. That doesn’t make it a bad product, in fact I think it’s a pretty awesome idea they brought to life. Honestly, I like it, but it’s limited in my opinion to suicide drinks (drinks with tons of ingredients) like punches, shots, or like they suggest, with some milk. I found myself wanting to try it with milk, which is of course what the brand suggests. You can taste the tropical red berries and get a strong sense of citrus. Delicious is a matter of opinion, but what it does do is perfectly capture the taste of a bowl of froot loop cereal, with a nice buzz of alcohol behind it. Three Olives themselves describe Loopy as “A dastardly delicious medley of tropical fruit and imported English vodka”.
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