Absolut Juice Apple Edition

Nose - apple Jolly Rancher, tart apple cider, mild ethanol burn. Taste - apple cider, candied apple, honey, pear, grass, ginger, mild to moderate alcohol burn, finishing medium short with sour apple, cider, and sugary fruit flavors. This is cloying with significant candy sweetness. It’s difficult to drink more than a few sips of this neat. It begs to be mixed with something to cut the sticky sweetness. I’d like to take a shot of Jim Beam Original to wash this taste out of my mouth.

Apple flavor similar to what is used in apple-flavored whiskeys (Jim Beam, Evan Williams, etc.) Not unbearable, but very boring.

Needs a much stronger apple and spice (cinnamon?) taste. It’s so bland and lacking in flavor. Skip and get Wild Roots Apple instead.

Tastes like alcoholic apple juice. Good for mixing with ginger ale

This was not a pleasure. Artificial flavor, no high notes, not a pleasure in mouth. Had high expectations, but this is a nogo for me.