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derk drank 2018 Ghosts by white2tea

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Been a long time since I last had Ghosts. It’s been subject to humidified crock storage for a few months.

Very sweet with honey-powdered sugar, apricot-plum tone takes a backseat to that upfront sweet flavor.

Has the potential, if overbrewed, to be very bitter in a savory, vegetal way even though it doesn’t necessarily taste green. Last time I noted a rinsed leaf aroma of smoked asparagus. I think a deep undertone of that is what captures the vegetal flavor. Can, along with being bitter, also be drying at times.

Good mouthfeel for the price!

It’s not a delicate sheng by any means.

Flavors: Apricot, Asparagus, Bitter, Drying, Honey, Plum, Powdered Sugar, Smoke, Sweet, Vegetal

Preparation

Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 4 OZ / 110 ML

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mrmopar
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How you holding up over there? It is starting to slam us a bit here now.

derk
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I’ll be honest, I haven’t looked into Virginia’s response to the crisis. The virus is now spreading quickly near you?

mrmopar
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Yeah it is spreading. I am masking up at work where I can it is a scary thing.

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mrmopar
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How you holding up over there? It is starting to slam us a bit here now.

derk
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I’ll be honest, I haven’t looked into Virginia’s response to the crisis. The virus is now spreading quickly near you?

mrmopar
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Yeah it is spreading. I am masking up at work where I can it is a scary thing.

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