{"id":5292,"date":"2010-08-17T15:48:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T22:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5292"},"modified":"2010-08-18T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T19:26:23","slug":"just-bottled-batch-2-of-firelit-spirits-blue-bottle-coffee-liqueur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5292","title":{"rendered":"Just Bottled: Batch 2 of Firelit Spirits Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5371\" title=\"Firelit Spirits Jeff Kessinger\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Jeff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Jeff.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Jeff-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s here.\u00a0<strong>Jeff Kessinger<\/strong>, the main brains and taste buds behind <strong>Firelit Spirits<\/strong>, holds the 60-proof proof.<\/p>\n<p>Batch 2 of the tremendously successful <strong>Firelit Coffee Liqueur<\/strong> was bottled just last week. Again using the Bay Area&#8217;s <a title=\"Blue Bottle Coffee\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluebottlecoffee.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Bottle Coffee<\/a>. This round opting for <strong>Ethiopian Yirgacheffe<\/strong>, or &#8220;Yirg&#8221;, instead of the <a title=\"Just Bottled: \u201cFirelit\u201d Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3348\">Yemen in Batch 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5368\" title=\"Firelit Spirits Batch 2 Getting Stamped\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/firelit_stamped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/firelit_stamped.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/firelit_stamped-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hand-stamped just like the first batch. Only with <!--more-->a different color, roast, and numero dos, of course.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5373\" title=\"Firelit Spirits Batch 2 and Batch 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Batch2and1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Batch2and1.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Batch2and1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Firelit_Batch2and1-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Stone fruit notes jump out of the glass. Although the mouthfeel is considerably creamier and slightly more delicate in comparison to Batch 01, this release is certainly more intense and complicated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In cocktails, Batch 02 will play very similarly to Batch 01, however a side-by-side tasting will display noticeably different characteristics between the Yemen and Ethiopian coffee beans.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em> \u2014Jeff Kessinger, Firelit Spirits<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5370\" title=\"Firelit Spirits getting waxed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/firelit_waxin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/firelit_waxin.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/firelit_waxin-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Batch 1 ended up being <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">the fastest<\/span> <em>one of the<\/em> fastest-selling spirit ever produced at <strong>St. George Spirits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The new batch is already hitting shelves. See where to <a title=\"Drink: Where to Find Firelit Spirits Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3656\">track down a bottle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Firelit Spirits<\/strong> <a title=\"Firelit Spirits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FirelitSpirits.com\" target=\"_blank\">official site<\/a> and <a title=\"Firelit on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/firelitspirits\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Firelit Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur: Batch 2 News and Batch 1 Inspected by Violet Blue\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=4839\">Firelit Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur: Batch 2 News and Batch 1 Inspected by Violet Blue<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Drink: Where to Find Firelit Spirits Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3656\">Drink: Where to Find Firelit Spirits Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Just Bottled: \u201cFirelit\u201d Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3348\">Just Bottled: \u201cFirelit\u201d Blue Bottle Coffee Liqueur<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Beer: The Most Awesome Bottle Opener In the World. 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