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How were the tours of these? I was most interested in them since they were big, unique ships and there was more to them than just the deck of the tall ships. I ended up missing out on them. I ended up spending most of my time at the Savannah for the air show and tour. The Savannah piqued my interest in other large ships but I think the free roam nature of it probably spoiled me a bit for the rest of the ships. I tried checking them out yesterday around 3, but traffic and parking were a nightmare. Both ended up closing early due to a large line already for tours and needing to get everyone off on time. I only got one account of them and it seemed that they were all guided tours exploring a narrow section of the ships and took like 20 minutes or so.

I just wanted to shout-out and recommend people visit the N.S. Savannah today. It's off with the John W. Brown just outside the city in the Canton Waterfront. It can be a bit hard to find, which is why I think it kind of snuck under the radar. Parking is free and easy. The ship is quite large and you can freely roam it or take part in a tour. It's the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship and you get to go inside the decommissioned containment vessel. Don't forget to check out the gift shop as well, it's in the air conditioned bar area. The Fallout style nuclear decor is just the best. Thanks to all aboard that helped me out with tours and info over the past 2 days. It was a ton of fun watching the air show and then exploring the ship.

So, I bought a bunch of different amaro when I initially got into the style about 2 years ago. I've drank through most of the ones I initially bought. However, I treated them all like your standard shelf-stable liquor. I've learned that some require refrigeration based on base and ABV. Most of the ones I had probably should've been kept in the fridge, but I'd not had an issue with any of them.

However, Novasalus was very different. I cracked it, tried it and immediately hated it. It was so bad that I didn't return to it (unlike Alta Verde, which I initially hated but came to love for it's clean finish, it's great in anything citrus). So, it's been sitting in a wine box in my basement ever since. In the interim, I've had some "bad" pours that people say are horrible, like Malort or this super-smoky whisky I can't recall the name of. Neither were actually that bad and I've been comparing everything to EN as the worst thing I've tasted liquor-wise. I would always bring up this spirit and have gotten some people curious about it. So, I found the bottle I'd squirreled away to bring to a bottle share. However, I tried a sip of it and I swear it's even worse than I recall. But I can't tell if that's due to it "going bad" or just the spirit. It really just coated and covered my palate in what I guess I'd describe as bitterness. I wouldn't describe it as sour or vinegar-like. I guess you could call it acrid, but this is probably the first thing I'd describe as that. It still has that soot/earthen taste that I recall though.

So, is this something that I just toss or is it just how it tastes? Is it even shareable at this point?

Seems that even on the distiller's website, they say it's fine at 1-2 years at room temp: https://alpenz.com/product-novasalus.html