A sweet and fiery cinnamon whisky liqueur.
Initially launched in 1984 under the name of 'Dr. McGillicuddy's Fireball Whisky', Fireball was rebranded as Fireball Cinnamon Whisky in 2007.
Fireball uses Canadian Whisky and natural cinnamon and has 33% ABV.
Since its launch, it has won a few awards: Bronze medal at the Los Angeles Wine & Spirits Competition in 2010, Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2010 and a Bronze medal at the International Wine & Spirits Competition in 2007.
Time to try it
Nose: cinnamon pastry and cinnamon sugar
Palate: Overly sweet and cinnamony with a decent amount of spice
Finish: Medium and fiery with a lot of spice
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By just smelling it, you can hardly tell how spicy it is on the palate. Turns out it's not called Fireball for no reason.
Fireball is way too sweet and way too spicy for my taste to ever attempt to enjoy this one neat, but it does go well with apple juice, lemonade, cranberry juice, ginger ale and pineapple juice.
If you add a shot of this to a tall glass of ice and add a bit of apple juice along with a slice or two of lemon, you have a fiery apple-pie-flavoured drink.
If you're looking for something less fiery, the Jim Beam Kentucky Fire might be a better option for you, or, if you're looking for something more apple pie than fiery cinnamon, then you might want to give the Watkins Cinnamon Apple Bourbon a try.
A 70cl bottle is priced around £24 on most UK websites.
If you want to give this one a go, you can find it here.
As always, please drink responsibly.
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