Miasmatic Review

Drinking Glögg

Well hell, its Wednesday and time for my weekly beer review. Well unfortunately I didn’t realize until just now that I don’t have any beer this week. So in the spirit of the season, I’m going to do a Glogg review. Hey, it’s alcoholic and dammit, it’s either that or… well Diet Coke.

Really, the packaging is quite unassuming. I’m poured mine from a green glass gallon jug. These look awfully familiar, like something I’d see at a re-enactment. Most likely at one time it held homemade root beer. There’s not even a label or instructions on it to tell you what the alcohol content is. Fortunately I know from experience you need to warm this. I also know to keep it away from a heat source. Which makes warming it very difficult.

When poured into a glass it has a cloudy maroon color to it, almost like cranberry juice. It has a cloudiness to it that is typical of any type of mulled spirit. Really, if you didn’t know what you had in your hand, it might pass as some kind of warm Cran-apple cider.

How to explain the scent, let’s start by my suggesting not to take a huge whiff off the bottle. After uncrossing my eyes I could smell a distinct mixture of raisons, apricots, prunes, cloves, cinnamon a hint of grape and a smidgeon of almonds. That was once I cut through the power of pure grain alcohol. Whew! The taste can best be described as happiness. It’s a fruity mixture with a hint of alcohol to it. Despite the scent, one really can’t taste the alcohol. There is a tantalizing mixture of fruits and spices that really tingle the tongue. With about a 65-70 % alcohol by volume, it’s surprising how one really can’t taste it.

We have here a medium bodied drink. It took a couple of mugs to make sure that I had the right texture to it. As I’m typing, my fingers are starting to go numb. Maybe I should have eaten first.

I’m going to give Glogg a rating of 8 out of 10. Sure, maybe I made it thus I am biased toward it, but dammit! It’s my review and I’ll give it what I want!