Tastes

Rating: 12/23 I don't know quite what to make of this. It's weirdly oily with some bitterness and sweetness that do remind me of honey. It also has some clean pepper - both black and white. And it's backed by a pretty neutral spirit. It definitely isn't objectionable, but I'm really not clear on what the point is here. I am getting more sweetness now than I did on my last tasting, but it's far from overwhelming. This is probably just the right touch of light sweetness. There's a light floral flavor too and a waft of almond. I think I seriously underrated this before. It's far from amazing and I still don't understand it, but it has a few components that are well-executed and the whole thing fits together fairly well. I'll save a tad for one final taste to sort this out.

Rating: 7/23 I do get a sweet wripped cream scent from it, though it isn't overpowering. The palate tastes immediately like cotton candy. Then some bitterness comes in, suggesting artificial sweetener and alcohol. It tastes bad, sort of like sugar free bubble gum. It has a modest mouthfeel with some viscosity that tells like it was achieved by mixing some sugar water in. It tastes totally artificial and it's hard to figure out what to mix with it. There's the origins of vanilla in here sometimes, but overall it's its own gross, bad thing. This is pretty equivalent to pear. The nose is vanilla, but a bit on the cream soda side. It smells really sweet. It tastes kind of like cream soda jelly bellies. It's super sweet with just enough cream soda richness. It does a good job of executing cream soda with alcohol. There's a bit of metal and rubber from the alcohol, but it's nothing too bad. Overall, this is one of the better Veil flavored vodkas. It definitely is better than a 5. The alcohol definitely does start showing through and it brings in a tad of s soapy taste, but it's nothing too bad. This is better than the citron one, but maybe not as good as peach. There's ultimately just enough off to keep it below tbe quality of the peach, but it's pretty close. The soap is the deciding factor. 8 seems reasonable. I might drop it to a 7 based on the soap. 7 to 8. Sadly, I think I'm going to drop the score to a 7. It's hard to figure out what to do with this, but it is one of the better Veil offerings.

Rating: 1/23 The nose has crisp green apple, but more like the fruit than that sweet, sour, punchy green apple candy. The bitterness comes across as apple peel and works really nicely here. There's some earthiness with a little bit of mushroom on the nose that doesn't quite fit with the whole green apple thing, but it does have a natural scent that works well with the other smells. The palate is very tart with a lot more earthiness, sulfur, and umami than expected. It tastes frankly awful. After such an interesting nose that I praised for several good qualities, the palate tosses those out and becomes a gag-inducing mess. It has some earthy bitterness that reminds me sort of of green apple peel and it also has some tartness mixed with sweetness that gives off s bit of a similar vibe. The overall flavor though is disgusting. This is a bit worse than the raspberry veil, though the two are very close. This just doesn't have any nice core to fall back on. This is the most undrinkable liqueur I think I have ever encountered. Bottom marks all the way. No exaggeration. It's also super drying. In just the right cocktail, a dash of this might work. Otherwise, avoid it at all costs. It does remind me of green apples more on the finish, but it's a miserable experience overall. The nose smells more like green apple skins and seeds than actual green apple. Sort of like they're composting. Oh dear lord, what a terrible palate! It's so sour like the worst part of green apple with an oiliness from the seeds without any of the good qualities. It's so weird and gross. There's some random sweetness in here like somebody dissolved green apple jolly ranchers in here. There's some mushroom flavor in here too that does go with the apple seed flavor, but it also is gross and not suited to this alleged green apple drink. Ugh, the flavor is just so bad throughout. At least there's a full flavor with some clear element of green apple, but it starts weak and it just gets work. This might warrant a 2, but it's definitely in the 1 to 2 range.