Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Heroes (Tips)

Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Basic Information:
Game Genre: Tower Defense

PC: Free online; will require you to register on the game host sited if you wish to purchase (must uses real money) stuffs from within the game.

App: "Purchase Require" App before you can download (100+ MB) and can play offline; will require be online and re-paid card (real money) of some kind if you wish to purchase stuff within the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hero in this version start at "level 1"  but get to keep their level. I'm going give my own personal opinion and rating on each hero based on my purpose for the hero and how well it does on that purpose. Every player have a different playstyle so I must state my purpose for the hero that may or may not be the same for every player for the hero.


Purpose: Last line of defense, I usually put them near the goal post or end point.

Personal Opinion Rating (with explanation):

• Bad: For whatever reason this hero is not doing their job (my purpose for them) good enough and the majority of the enemy is passing them.
• Fair: Can do a decent job but can be overwhelm if too much enemy is around.
• Good: Can resistance in varies way to prevent the majority of the enemy from even reaching the end point.

Those with no rating are usually the Free hero you get, unless they "bad" I have no comment on them.

Primary Attack (Explanation): Their regular or normal attack

• Melee: Physical close combat attack, can't attack air unit
• Range: Physical range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.
• Magic: Magic range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.

Ground and Air Unit/Hero (Explanation):

• Ground Hero: Can block enemy on the ground, can be attack by any sort of enemies.  
• Air Hero: Can't block any sort enemy, can only be attack by range and magic attack enemies.

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Available "Hero" (Free)

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Alric

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Mirage

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Cronan

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: Neither it primary attack nor it skills have at least one "one-two punch" skill.
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Bruxa

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

Comment/Reason: It advisable to upgrade her skill at soon possible so she can use her magic; her magic attack is stronger then her primary attack.
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Purchase Required "Hero" (With Real Money)

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Captain Blackthorne

Primary Attack: Melee (with occasionally range attack)
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: It does have delay skill but if you look at it as just melee unit then the hero "Alric" is better.
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Nivus

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: High firepower but low HP.
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Dierdre

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This hero is best at supporting nearby towers than attacking.
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Grawl

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: When this hero is max out in level and skills, it basically become a fortress wall. The only drawback for this hero is that it can't attack air unit and it have slow movement speed.
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Sha'Tra

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This look like a Protoss from "Starcraft". Any who it primary attack is not that great compare to it skills set. If it not for it skills, it pretty much really hard for it to kill any enemy quickly.
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Karkinos

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: Another hero that look like a powerhouse but it not. It has a slow rate of attack and it doesn't have a least one "one-two punch" skill.
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Kutsao

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: *Fair

Comment/Reason: "Fair" is just being nice, to be more accurate this hero is border line "Bad" on "Fair". The reason for that is that while it may be quick none of it attack or skills is high damager. Another reason is this hero is not advisable for crowed control because once it start attacking using one of it skill; you can't stop it and move it to another position on the map when needed. 
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Dante

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: This hero can be compare to the hero "Captain Blackthorne" but much better because it has lot more attack skills.
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Kahz

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: *Fair

Comment/Reason: I often compare this hero with the hero "Grawl". This hero is like good and bad based on it skills. The only advise I can give you if you wish to try this hero is to not upgrade one of it skill (transport the enemy to you) until you max out everything (level and skill). If "Grawl" is a fortress wall, then this is bulldozer. It will try to steamroll the enemy but if too crowed or he surrounded, he have tough time or get killed in the process.     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saitam

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: No "one-two punch" skill, plain and simple.
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Ashbite (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Can't attack directly underneath it. Hero "Ashbite" and hero "Bonehart" are about the same in term of their stat and primary attack. Now if you compare their skills however then "Ashbite" will have more firepower while "Bonehart" will have delay (blocker) and curse (damage over time) skill. Both hero are strong.  
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Bonehart (Air Unit)

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Can't attack directly underneath it. Hero "Ashbite" and hero "Bonehart" are about the same in term of their stat and primary attack. Now if you compare their skills however then "Ashbite" will have more firepower while "Bonehart" will have delay (blocker) and curse (damage over time) skill. Both hero are strong.
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Kingdom Rush - Heroes (Tips)

Kingdom Rush
Basic Information:
Game Genre: Tower Defense

PC: Free online; will require you to register on the game host sited if you wish to purchase (must uses real money) stuffs from within the game.

App: Free App to download (100+ MB) and can play offline; will require be online and re-paid card (real money) of some kind if you wish to purchase stuff within the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hero in this version start at "level 1" at the beginning of every stage regardless of what level you got your hero at any stage. I'm going give my own personal opinion and rating on each hero based on my purpose for the hero and how well it does on that purpose. Every player have a different playstyle so I must state my purpose for the hero that may or may not be the same for every player for the hero.


Purpose: Last line of defense, I usually put them near the goal post or end point.

Personal Opinion Rating (with explanation):

• Bad: For whatever reason this hero is not doing their job (my purpose for them) good enough and the majority of the enemy is passing them.
• Fair: Can do a decent job but can be overwhelm if too much enemy is around.
• Good: Can resistance in varies way to prevent the majority of the enemy from even reaching the end point.

Those with no rating are usually the Free hero you get, unless they "bad" I have no comment on them.

Primary Attack (Explanation): Their regular or normal attack

• Melee: Physical close combat attack, can't attack air unit
• Range: Physical range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.
• Magic: Magic range attack; can attack air and ground unit. will go melee if ground unit get too close but the melee attack is much weaker then it normal attack.

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Available "Hero" (Free)

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Sir. Gerald Lightseeker

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Alleria Swiftwind

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Malik Hammerfury

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: No Comment

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Purchase Required "Hero" (With Real Money)

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Bolin Farslayer

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: If you talking about range then the hero "Alleria Swiftwind" is the better choices. It may fire like a revolver but it too much like a shotgun. It also has slower movement speed then "Alleria Swiftwind". This hero can do a decent job if it not too crowed.
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Magnus Spellbane

Primary Attack: Magic
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: It low health and low rate of fire. It fire at the same rate like your mage tower and because you start at "level 1" every time you begins a stage. He die too easily with his low HP and weak melee.
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Ignus

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Excellent at crowd control mostly on slow moving unit.
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King Denas

Primary Attack: Range
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: Slow movement speed combine with short range of attack.

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Elora Wintersong

Primary Attack: Magic (damage and slow down enemy movement speed)
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: Unlike the other mage hero (Magnus Spellbane), this hero attack not only does it do damage, it can also slow the enemy movement speed down when hit. Also all the special ability of this hero does the same thing expect in AOE attack.
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Ingvar Bearclaw

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Good

Comment/Reason: If you want high damager and good blocker, then this hero is the choice. However the downside of this hero is that it can't attack air unit, it doesn't have fast movement speed, and it attack rate is just average compare to other melee hero.
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Hacksaw

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Bad

Comment/Reason: Slow attack rate and slow movement speed. It may not die easily but it attack rate is slow and it move slow.
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Oni

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: Oni and Thor, if you compare them with each other in term of their normal attack, attack rate, and stat; it about the same. Only by seeing their special ability in my opinion that Thor have the edge (in term of my purpose for the hero) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thor

Primary Attack: Melee
My Personal Opinion Rating: Fair

Comment/Reason: Oni and Thor, if you compare them with each other in term of their normal attack, attack rate, and stat; it about the same. Only by seeing their special ability in my opinion that Thor have the edge (in term of my purpose for the hero). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Transported to Another World: Common Themes or Cliche (mostly on Asian [JP, CH, KR] Light/Web Novel plot story)

The last time  (blog) I explain the general idea and basic layout for any general "Transported to Another World" story. On this blog I going state some common theme or cliche among them. Of course all these light/web novel are work of fiction, so even I (the reader) can sometime see it as unrealistic or call it ridiculous (depend on the novel) on certain novel on certain subject.

I like to note that most of what I'm stating below is based on JP LN/WN because CH LN/WN that I read (transport to another) that are translated have a very narrow genre and KR LN/WN is even harder to find (translated) with transport to another world theme but not as narrow genre when you do find it (translated). All theses are based on what I read so far or going to read.
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The Character (a.k.a the personality) Among the Summoned 

Let talk about some of the common "character" (aka: personality) of people who are summon to another world. For this I put them under one of four category that I thought up of. Now why summon and not reincarnation personalty explanation? It because reincarnation people are starting a new life in whatever new body they in and their previous personality won't matter depending on their new life and body. Now back to the main topic; these category is based on a common scenario and any story that not part of these scenario may or may not fall under these category (all category are personally made up by me) There no example because I couldn't found some of them while I wrote this.

Of course there are other summoning scenario out there but there too many variable that may change the summon person personality based on why they were summon in the first places in those story to give a general outline and they are not as common as this hero summon scenario.

Scenario: They are summoned as savior (hero, brave, etc) in order to resolve a crisis
In this scenario, the summoner side welcome the summon people with mostly open arm. The summon side is a world where magic exist. This is the most common scenario story novel in light novel & web novel that deal with summon to another world. Oh and in these scenario, our summon people are given freedom of movement and somewhat of an independent decision making after they were giving their task (if they did not end up as "category 1" type when summon). These category is based either on the main character and/or the character with the title "hero" or similar title during the summon. This is just the starting personalty when they are summon and those character can change, switch, or added category that I mention below in combination.  

• Category 1: The Bastard (More like a Villain then a Hero; a good chance of becoming one)
• The General Bastard: something along the line like "give me what I desire (female, food, luxury, etc) and I do what you want. May treat companion as good or bad depend on their usefulness to the summoned person.
• Ruthless: "As long you get the job done, nothing matter"
• Killer: "Die" The people who get in these summoned people way dies, no question asks. And the first people who die are the people who summon them (usually). They don't care about the summon world. This person or people may end up as a "wanted" (criminal) person in that world.

• Category 2: The Justice Syndrome (See the world as Black and White; a good chance of breaking down if they meet reality, a wall, or failure)
• Self Righteous: A very dense person who see the world as black and white (good and evil). Generally will do things with good intent but not necessary as one. Will conveniently create an excuse for themselves if it does not goes there way or their point of view.
• Self-Delusion: See the summon world as "not real" or as a "game" OR see themselves as "the chosen one" or "special". May have similar trait as "Self Righteous"

• Category 3: The Moderate (The average person, a good chance of them being a hero in a sense) The category below are interchangeable from time to time for this category.
• My Pace: Have good independent mind to not go with the flow to keep out of trouble and at the same time get in trouble.
• Go with the Flow: A person who get drag around by other (companions, family's, and or friends).

• Category 4: The Ideal Hero (a good chance of dying along with the enemy)
• Mr Nice Guy/Ms Nice Gal: A rare type of person who both tolerance and understanding that will volunteer to help other if asks and/or see someone in need to help. Can be dense when it come to love. Is kind to everyone regardless of gender or race. Know what right and wrong (moral). A busy body or a nosy person.
• A Puppet: Not exactly a true ideal hero but it is an ideal hero for the people that summon them. This type of person is easily manipulated by varies way. They (summon person or people) have very little decision making to do beside the task giving to them. They either a bastard or a fool or both but either way this type of person don't uses their brain much.

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Background Of the Character

Regardless whether they are summoned or reincarnated, most writer/author often uses these background in their story plot for the main character in the "transport to another world" theme.

Here are the most common among them.

Current living style:
Neet and/or Hikikomori

Hobby:
Otaku and/or Gamer

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Culture Introductions

Call it what you want but the main purpose is that the summoned person and/or reincarnated person want bring ideas, creations, and/or recreation of stuffs from the other world due to varies reasons. Most of the reason not explain but can be seen by their action which can be view as nostalgia while other time they doing it because (I assume, from a reader POV) is because they view the other world as too behind in technology & culture and want to do something about it (for themselves).

**On a personal noted: whenever a character recreate something from their original world, I often find it unrealistic even if they in a magic fantasy world because of one word: "Pre-Knowledge". Pre-Knowledge can be personal experience, personal observation of someone doing the whole process, and/or know all the necessary material/ingredient of the final product. The rest they can do trial and error. From how all these character are portray in most of these plot story, it hard to believe they have the pre-knowledge to re-create anything unless state otherwise. The other thing that not realistic is the other world people accepting all this without having any criticizing comment. The technology, that I can understand but not "Food". It like that world have no "food critic" which probably doesn't but you should know what I mean. In all the novel I read where they recreate a food from Earth, the other side are 90 to 99 percent will say it delicious. There about 1 to 10 percent where they will not say it delicious. I only found one novel I read that did imply such thing and it was a World System where the world is like an RPG with LEVEL and stuff and it give a "low rating" like  a food critic comment on that food creation. In real life, people with money that can afford to eat anything will HAVE "like" and "dislike" type of food. That mean in the other world there should have people (who have money and power) should also have like and dislike in different type of food they eat.    
  
Here are the most common ideas, creations, and/or recreation of stuffs among them:

• Food

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Default Setting

Default setting if not define or stated by the novel but are often uses by every writer in theses theme. Like I explained, these are the default setting if the novel never stated any information on these facts.

The Civilization Level (other world/transported world):

• Medieval

The Main Character's Age (before the transport):

• Between Middle Schooler and University Student but below the age of 30.

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The Usual Route Pattern for the Main Character 

What the usual cliche route the main character will take or where the story will lead kind of thing. The Main Character becoming an overpower person later in the story is a common occurrence, depend. Here are some common sample of them (all sample is assuming the MC is a male):

1. Hero Summoning
1. The Main Character is with the "hero" title or not.
2. Make a living (income), get stronger, and go on an adventure
1. As an Adventurer: Get stronger, get companion (majority female), somehow get famous due to there action of overwhelming strength, rank up.
2. As a worker: a job that usual stay in one place, get famous somehow
3. As a Noble (optional if given): got promoted from doing something famous, might or may get marry to many female 
3.  Become someone who is equal or stronger then the "hero" later in the story or they are the "hero".

1. Reincarnation (as a human)
1. commoner ---> (become adventurer - make a living;use previous life knowledge to make wealth) ---> noble ---> higher rank noble
2. commoner/non inheritance noble ---> (become adventurer - make a living;use previous life knowledge to make wealth)---> higher rank noble
3. non inheritance noble/fallen noble/commoner ---> (use previous life knowledge to make wealth) --->  noble
4. everyone ---> (use previous life knowledge to make wealth) ---> wealthy person, non noble or noble

     

Trying Distilled Beverage/Spirit (Variety) [Alcoholic Beverage] (for me, the non-drinker)

Trying Distilled Beverage/Spirit and see what it taste like. I'm not look forward to this as I read up on this that this type of alcoholic beverage is not for everyone (who drink alcoholic beverage). Here are some of the different kind of distilled beverage/spirit that I came across in my short taste test. Please noted that I taste test all of these as it is (neat) without anything else added to it while having it in room temperature.

Here are some sounded advises that I took before I started any taste test but they mostly aim for  beginner whisky drinker but they sounded enough for me to apply for the other:

• Neat (Spirit as it is without anything added to it): If you taste testing, trying as it is is the best option while it advisable for beginner to try at least once.
• With water (Spirit with water added, water amount depend): For just trying but not taste testing, this is mostly the recommend one for beginner.
• With Ice (Spirit with ice added, ice amount depend): Not much is stated for beginner in this section but you can think it similar as "with water" but cooler as in cold.

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Afterthought (After Tasting #1-3 [vodka, rum, gin, tequila, whisky/whiskey, and brandy] plus 4 & 5 [whisky/whiskey]) [04/02/17]: My opinion: don't like it. Unless you like the smell of rubbing alcohol and burning in throat with loss of taste bud in the process then go ahead. I can only say that vodka, gin, and brandy, if these have less alcohol content then they might taste better but that my opinion. All of these taste harsh and even sometime mighty bitter. It is not for beginner for sure and not for everyone that for sure.
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Vodka

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Smirnoff
Triple Distilled
Ten Times Filtered Vodka
Smirnoff Recipe No.21
Produced In The United States
40% ALC/VOL
750 ML

Taste #1:

• First and/or Only Impression: This burn in the throat due the alcohol percentage. Smell and taste like rubbing alcohol but not as bad as sake (Japanese rice wine). If I just stick my tongue only to flavor it, it taste bitter.

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Absolut
Vodka
Imported
40% ALC/Vol (80 Proof)
750 ML
Produced And Bottled In Ahus, Sweden

Taste #2:

• First and/or Only Impression: This burn in the throat due the alcohol percentage. Smell and taste like rubbing alcohol but not as bad as sake (Japanese rice wine). If I just stick my tongue only to flavor it, it taste bitter. Same feel of taste as the previous test.

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Belvedere
Vodka
Distilled And Bottled By Polmos Zyrardow In Poland
40% ALC/VOL (80 Proof)
750 ML
100% Neutral Spirits Distilled From Rye Grain

Taste #3:

• First and/or Only Impression: This burn in the throat due the alcohol percentage. Smell and taste like rubbing alcohol but not as bad as sake (Japanese rice wine). If I just stick my tongue only to flavor it, it taste bitter. This taste more bitter then the previous two tests.

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Rum

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Captain Morgan
Caribbean
White Rum
40% ALC BY VOL (80 Proof)
750ML
5 Times Distilled

Taste #1:

• First and/or Only Impression: This burn in the throat due the alcohol percentage. Smell and taste like rubbing alcohol with a quirkiness. If I just stick my tongue only to flavor it, it taste bitter with a unique quirky flavor that leading toward not my cup of tea.

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Malibu
Caribbean Rum With Coconut Liqueur (Original)
Imported
21% ALC/VOL
750ML
Product Of Canada

Taste #2:

• First and/or Only Impression: This has the flavor of coconut with rum like flavor (please refer to the previous rum taste test) taste.

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Bacardi
Select
Original Premium Crafted Rum
Puerto Rican Rum
40% ALC BY VOL
750ML

Taste #3:

• First and/or Only Impression: This burn in the throat due the alcohol percentage. Smell and taste like rubbing alcohol with a quirkiness. If I just stick my tongue only to flavor it, it taste bitter with a unique quirky flavor that leading toward not my cup of tea., just like the previous rum taste test #1.

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Gin

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Tanqueray
Imported
London Dry Gin
Distilled Four Times
Produced And Bottled In Great Britain For Charles Tanqueray & Co
47.3% ALC By Vol (94.6 Proof)
50ML

Taste #1:

• First and/or Only Impression: This smell like a type of sour fruit, you can kind of taste dry sour fruit in it but the rest taste of alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor.

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Beefeater
London
London Dry Gin
Distilled and Bottled In The UK
47% ALC/VOL
50ML

Taste #2:

• First and/or Only Impression: This smell like a type of sour fruit, you can kind of taste dry sour fruit in it but not as much as the previous taste test while the rest taste of alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor.

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Bombay Sapphire
Distilled
London Dry Gin
Imported
Product Of England
ACL 47% VOL (94 Proof)
50ML

Taste #3:

• First and/or Only Impression: This smell like a type of sour fruit, you can kind of taste dry sour fruit in it but not as much as the previous two taste test while the rest taste of alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor.

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Tequila

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Jose Cuervo
Especial
Tequila Silver
Made With Blue Agave
Product Of Mexico
40% ALC/VOL
50ML

Taste #1:

• First and/or Only Impression: It taste is on the sour side but other then that it taste full of alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor.

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Patron
Tequila Reposado
100% Puro De Agave
Made In Mexico
40% ALC/VOL (80 Proof)
50ML

Taste #2:

• First and/or Only Impression: The sour flavor is more intense then the previous taste test but other then that it still taste full of alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor.

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Herradura
Tequila Original
Anejo
100% Puro De Agave
Hecho En Mexico
40% ALC/VOL (80 Proof)
50ML

Taste #3:

• First and/or Only Impression: The sour flavor is more intense then the previous taste test but other then that it still taste full of alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor.

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Whisky/Whiskey

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Maker's Mark
Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Whisky
45% ALC/VOL (90 Proof)
50ML

Taste #1:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, there a very harsh bitter taste. 

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Jack Daniel's
Single Barrel Select
Tennessee Whiskey
47% ALC/VOL
50ML

Taste #2:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, there a very harsh bitter taste.

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Crown Royal
Blended Canadian Whisky
Product Of Canada
40% ALC/VOL (80 Proof)
50ML

Taste #3:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, this has a much less harsh bitter taste then the previous two test.

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Russell's
Reserve
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
10 Year Old
45% ALC/VOL (90 Proof)
750ML

Taste #4:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol flavor; there is sour and oaky flavor with bitter taste.
• Re-Taste: (with water added) There are no alcohol flavor while leaving only the oaky flavor and less bitter taste. 

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Jack Daniel's
Single Barrel Select
Tennessee Whiskey
47% ALC/VOL
750ML
Bottling Date 08-04-15

Taste #5:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, there a very harsh bitter taste.
• Re-Taste: (with water added) Same as the previous taste test for #5.

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Brandy

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Raynal
Brandy De France
Rare Old French Brandy
VSOP
40% ALC/VOL
50ML

Taste #1:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, this has a somewhat bitter flavor.

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Hennessy
Very Special
Coganc
Produced And Bottled in Cognac, France
40% ALC/VOL
50ML

Taste #2:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, this has a somewhat bitter flavor. Personal opinion: would have taste less bitter if it wasn't for the overwhelming alcohol flavor.

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Remy Martin
Fine Champagne Cognac
VSOP
Product Of France
40% ALC/VOL
50ML

Taste #3:

• First and/or Only Impression: Beside the alcohol (rubbing alcohol-like flavor) flavor, this has a somewhat bitter flavor.

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