Veil Citron Vodka

Rating: 6/23 There's a definite lemon scent here, but it's also a bit off with some nose of spicy chamomile, sweetness, and bath soap giving it a sort of lemon soda vibe. It's intriguing. The palate is sweet with a bitterness. The bitterness grows. There's some sweetness too like candy that is almost cloying, but the bitterness overwhelms the back. That bath soap flavor really comes through. This is really awful - it's very difficult to drink. It's hard to imagine a situation in which I would ever want this. It's aggressively bad. Really, it's almost impressive. That bit of sweetness is the only thing saving it. It doesn't taste like lemon, though maybe it does have a hint of watered down lemon extract flavor to it. Oh good lord this is awful. The more I drink it, the worse it gets. It definitely has a lime flavor to it, which apparently it is supposed to, but the picture only shows lemon, so the lime is confusing and off-putting. It definitely has some of that lemon lime soda flavor. The lemon lime soda flavor saves it from being the worst thing ever, but it can't overcome that bath soap. Yuck! On second taste, this is somewhat redeemed. The key is that it is supposed to taste like lemon lime and indeed it is a bit like boozy Sprite. I actually now think that this is substantially better (still bad though) and the Veil Raspberry is substantially worse. That mushroom umami in the raspberry is what really kills it. It shouldn't be that way. This does still taste metallic and artificial with a hint of soap though. The Veil Peach has some nicer sweetness that makes it work better. Smells like Sprite. Tastes like Sprite with a bit more bitterness mixed with alcohol. Aside from some rubber on the midpalate and finish a bit, it really tastes like Sprite with alcohol, but not as good. It's not very good, but after accepting that the flavor is supposed to be citron, not lemon as the label suggests, this tastes a lot better. I'll give it the bump to 6. It might even be a 7.