Stoutridge Slivovitz Plum Brandy

About the Producer

Stoutridge is an eclectic distillery and winery in the Hudson River valley region of upstate New York. The winery was founded in 2000 by Kim Wagner and Stephan Osborne and was followed by a distillery in 2017.

The distillery produced a ton of different products from more common liquors like bourbon, rye and gins to less common eau-de-vies and amaro to the truly weird like liqueurs made from mastic sap, pistachio tree sap or myrrh.

If you are in the area I recommend going in for a tasting, even if just to try some of the wild flavors. The owners will be willing to talk your ear off on what they do and their opinion on wine making and distilling. Just a recommendation is that their distilled products are much better than their wines in my book.

Details

• 50% abv
• Unaged
• Pot distilled.
• Fermented and distilled from 5 different type of NY plums.

Nose

Very intense. Light creaminess. Blue plums are there but not as much as I expected given the intensity. I expect this was distilled to a very high proof. Lemon zest and a bit of vanilla ice cream. Medium sweet. Solid nose.

Palate

Has a good body and intensity but surprisingly little plum. Like the nose, most of the flavor is lemon zest and vanilla. Some earthiness. Texture is a mix of prickliness and creaminess. Not a stereotypical slivovitz at all with very little plum but not bad, has good body and more complexity than most eau-de-vie.

Finish

Medium to long with sweet lemon zest and some light bitterness.

Rating: 5

Overall

A solid but odd plum brandy. Plum actually takes a back seat to other flavors but what’s there is actually pretty good. I recommend but only if you are a bit adventurous.

1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect