Well, this is something new. Not often you can say that in the kiddyrot sphere.
Overall Rating: 78/39*
It's a wake-up call in more ways than one!
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| Image from the Institute Collection (courtesy of Jannie Shea, who really ought to know better...) |
We didn't think it was possible to build a cereal more blinding in appearance than Froot Loops, but danged if Post hasn't done the trick. Ignore for the moment that the individual pieces, which we think are supposed to represent some sort of gummy candy, actually resemble model bacteria from the Junior Mad Scientist's Be Evil At Home kit; the colours are stunning. Forget eating this stuff; you just want to pour out a bowl and then stare at it.
Taste and Texture, Dry
Surprisingly light and crisp, especially when you consider that this is a blend of three flours, including the dread oat. The flavour is a bit reminiscent of Adams's description of the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: these pieces taste as if you've been double-dipped in vinegar while snorting powdered sugar. Flavour? There is no flavour, just an acetic sensory assault followed by a sugar-blast to the back of the brain. On the negative column of the ledger, the individual pieces are on the small side (there's that bacterium thing again) which makes snacking out of the bag a sticky chore.
Taste and Texture, With Milk
We're not at all sure that vinegar and milk are a solid combination. The best that can be said about this product's performance after encountering cow-juice is that if you let it sit for a little while the worst of the acid leaches away, leaving a more-or-less standard sugar-milk combination. Trust us, this is easier to get through than trying to eat the unmediated acid blast straight from the box.
Conclusion
Who knows? Maybe Kids These Days™ are more enthusiastic about vinegar than (Talkin' About) My Generation. Now that we think on it, this likely explains the vogue, in some circles, for saisons, sours and other beers that taste as if they've been left in the sun too long.
[May 2019]
*Higher score is for those who enjoy sour flavours that are still somehow cloyingly sweet, like really bad American Chinese takeout. Lower score is for everybody else. And yes, this is the first split score in the Institute's long and storied history.
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