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Cachaça, a Brazilian spirit made from sugarcane, is often served mixed into a Caipirinha, a cocktail made with sugar and lime. And that’s really all you want to do with it here in the United States—the artisanal cachaças that are suitable for sipping straight are almost never found outside of Brazil, says streetgourmetla.
streetgourmetla prefers Mãe de Ouro for Caipirinhas, and kare_raisu agrees: It has a “balanced and interesting flavor,” says kare_raisu. Ypoica and 51 are also acceptable for making Caipirinhas, says streetgourmetla. “These are the standard well cachaças and are perfectly fine for a Caipirinhas, and actually fantastic when made properly,” he says, but sipping cachaças they are not—unless you’re a party animal.
For fine sipping cachaças, says streetgourmetla, “Go to Brazil.”
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Does anyone know of any non-alcoholic holiday drinks that would be good to try? I want to drink something other than Sparkling Apple Cider.
CFC; actually Leblon was created in 2006 for the US market and only this year was introduced in Brazil (kind like creating a Bourbon by Germans for Germans and only two years later purchase a distillery to market it in the US). I agree that Weber Haus is an excellent sipping cachaça and well respected niche cachaça in Brazil. If you ever try Ypioca Ouro, aged two years in Balsam wood , you might...+READ
CFC; actually Leblon was created in 2006 for the US market and only this year was introduced in Brazil (kind like creating a Bourbon by Germans for Germans and only two years later purchase a distillery to market it in the US). I agree that Weber Haus is an excellent sipping cachaça and well respected niche cachaça in Brazil. If you ever try Ypioca Ouro, aged two years in Balsam wood , you might be surprised by it´s mellowness (very well respected "iconic" Brazilian brand) while been widely available in the US or even at Fogo de Chão in all their stores.-COLLAPSE
Oooooohhhhh :) We spent three months in Rio last year and never made it there. Due to $$$ it will probably be 2010 before we're back but it's VERY high on our list. Thanks for the reminder. Every few weeks we would go to the Patio on Ave. Atlantica for feijoada and caiparhinas. I think that meal taught me how to nap :)
Academia da Cachaca, Leblon?
Thanks for the info. Think I'll just wait til I'm back in Rio :)
I agree 100% with ed1066.These are attractive bottles with good marketing, but no different than Mae de Ouro,Sagatiba, or any other commercially available cachacas at this time.Most of these brands are touting their cachacas as godd on the rocks, translation, not a sippin' cachaca.
In LA, you can go to Fogo de Chao for Weber Haus, or the one they have at Gaucho's Village imported by the...+READ
I agree 100% with ed1066.These are attractive bottles with good marketing, but no different than Mae de Ouro,Sagatiba, or any other commercially available cachacas at this time.Most of these brands are touting their cachacas as godd on the rocks, translation, not a sippin' cachaca.
In LA, you can go to Fogo de Chao for Weber Haus, or the one they have at Gaucho's Village imported by the owner.those are sippin' cachacas!
Leblon is from Brazil but has been marketed more in the US, part of the first wave, kind of like when Cuervo and Sauza first arrived.-COLLAPSE
In my opinion, Leblon is not a sipping cachaca, it's merely an expensive/overpriced mixer quality spirit. The quality is no better than basic Ypioca or Mae de Ouro. Better than 51 or Pitu, but I wouldn't sip it straight, unless you really like a very "raw" spirit taste.
Here in NoCal I'm seeing a brand of cachaca, Leblon, which is actually a neighborhood adjacent to Ipanema in Rio. On sale it's about $25 a bottle. I haven't tasted or bought it yet but I'm assuming it's for sipping.