When my friend Tom comes to town from
Portland he always brings local products
to show off. Here's one that didn't quite
show off well.

Moonstruck Oregon Distillers Collection
Product contains up to 5% alcohol content.
(by weight) Sale of this product to a person
under the age of 21 is prohibited in the
following states: CA, CO, FL, KY, LA, MD,
MN, NH, NH, NJ, OR, TX, WA. Other states
available for sale and distribution without
restriction: AZ, IL, MS, NV, NC, VA, WV.
Should not be consumed by women who are
pregnant or nursing.

What the big deal is I'm not sure - I can't
see that eating one would cause any health
effect to someone of any age - the consequence
of the theobromine or other alkaloid would
undoubtedly be more relevant. The amount of
ethanol consumed per dose would be just over
half a gram, approximately that of an adult
dose of cough syrup, If one has an objection
to intentionally ingesting alcohol, fine, but
restricting sale, how weird. Not a big thing,
what the big deal is about the product itself
I don't understand either - mediocre chocolate
with mediocre flavors.

So these are chocolate soft-centers (they
call them truffles) featuring local boozery
products.

tldr - Don't bother, the chocolate is of decent
but not special quality; the fillings are smooth,
not too sweet, but don't taste particularly good.

The flavors, in order of their appearance in the box:

Oregon Spirit Distillers Absinthe - the most
distinctive of the lot - strong star anisey
aroma, dark anisetty taste;

Bull Run Straight Bourbon Whiskey - the most
acrid of them all; distinguishable from the other
whiskey one because it was made with dark rather
than milk chocolate; still not very interesting;

New Deal Distillery Ginger Liqueur - the flavor
was distinctive but not exactly gingery, more
herbally. I didn't figure out it was supposed to
be ginger until I read the box;

Clear Creek Distillery Oregon Pear Brandy - modest
fruitiness, not much else;

Clear Creek Distillery Oregon Apple Brandy - ditto,
but one could sort of detect a cidery aspect, not
very pronounced; I wondered if there would have
been enough apple in it to make it an allergen;

Rogue Ale Dead Guy Whiskey - made with milk
chocolate, this was slightly milder than the Bull Run
but otherwise no better;

House Spirits Distillery Coffee Liqueur - okay, this
was the second most recognizable, though one would be
excused for imagining it was artificial maple flavored;

India Spirits Oregon Marionberry Vodka - again, a bit
of fruitiness, recognizable as berry when prompted, a
bit more acrid than average;

Crescendo Limoncello - slight citrusiness, identified
by one taster as orange.

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