Nemiroff Honey Pepper Vodka

Spicy honey. Slava Ukraini!

GLORY TO UKRAINE! GLORY TO UKRAINE! GLORY TO UKRAINE!

Enjoyable but not incredible. Leaves more to be desired.

Rating: 10/23 The nose has a lot of oil and also a decent amount of pepper. The palate showcases the oily bitterness with a bit of richness and definite pepper. There's a little bit of sweetness so I kind kind of taste the honey coming through. The oily bitterness is fairly off-putting though. I wouldn't want a whole bottle of this.

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.