**Milkshake Dairy (SSA) 1%/2 (11-26-23)** -- I LOVE da Milkshakes, but I find, or HAVE found it to be very hard to find one that checks all the boxes for me. Most have had some sort of an off-note, or something that just pulled it sideways, most times, just a bit. Could this offering from Sobucky, knock my recently crowned Milkshake by Capella? No, BUT, it gave it a run for it's money. I got a note from this one that I think I got from Molinberry's as well, but it presented as a bit cleaner. Just in case you didn't know about the whole Sobucky / Molinberry / Chemnovatic thing, they're all related, and Monlinberry is ceasing to exist. Joint Ventures, etc, etc. Regardless, I did get some of the same notes that I did from the Molinberry. I started testing this one at 1%, but it felt under powered, so I doubled it, and it tasted much fuller, with much improved mouthfeel.
This one was presented as a fairly rich and creamy milkshake, with a light vanilla undertone, BUT, it had the slight aftertaste that I mentioned above, and have gotten from a few others. At first I thought a dry malted note but it wasn't malted, maybe it was a dry powdered milk note. Hard to completely nail down, but once I taste it, I can't not taste it. Very creamy, with great mouthfeel, and the creameries lingered on the tongue. Sweetness was actually a few ticks below mid-level, which was impressive, so you could sweeten if needed. My only nit-pick, WAS that damned note, hehe. Now, we ALL taste things differently, so I STRONGLY suggest picking this one up, and post YOUR comments, just to see how YOU view it. All in, at 2%, it was a damned fine milkshake, lightly vanilla'd, with a very impressive mouthfeel, and richness. For my tastes, it wasn't as clean as either Sobucky's other Ice Creams, nor CAP's Milkshake. BUT, tastes vary. After about the third tester, I decided that the "off-note", or the dry powdered milk note I was getting was fairly low, AND, could probably easily be overcome in recipes, so I reduced the take-offs for it, and decided on a solid **9.0/10** for this one. If you DO pick this up, please add your comments.
