Cherry Maraschino Flavor-SSA

**Cherry Maraschino (SSA) 1% (10-28-24)** -- Having had stellar luck with SSA's Ripe Cherry, I thought this one, would be RIGHT up the same alley. Now it was, but KINDA. It did present as a really good Mara Cherry, BUT, it tasted like it was tempered with another cherry type, maybe a cherry compote, but not 100% sure. At 1% it was perfectly strong, and sweetness was just below mid-level, with no overt squirrely notes. Continued testing proved to make it very hard to accurately nail down the "other" cherry element, so I'll probably have to leave it at a compote. Now, the ratio between the Mara cherry and "compote" was close to 65% Maraschino Cherry and 35% Cherry Compote if that helps explain it better. Not bad, not bad at all, just not a 100% Maraschino to my tastes. There was a very nice light fizzyness, almost fermented kick on the finish that I wouldn't normally expect from a Mara, and that may have been from the "other" elelement, but not sure. All in, a very good cherry, just not a 100% Maraschino. I decided to leave it still fairly high, at a **7.0/10**.