This smells like cucumber, but it has a fuller scent than Eight Degrees does, more like an actual cucumber has been cut open on a cutting board. The palate is indeed much more suggestive of that as well. There's still some flaws, but this time it's fighting with pepperiness and earthiness rather than lemon lime soda, so this is much more successful! This is far better than the Right Degrees Cucumber Vodka. I still have no idea what anyone would do with this, but it does fairly legitimately taste like vodka mixed with cucumber. Nice work, though I still don't like it. There's no way I'm giving this a 12. It tastes more like an 8 to a 10. The novelty unfortunately just doesn't justify its existence and the vodka does even bring in a little bit of citrus with the pepper, which wouldn't normally be a problem, but does give me awful flashbacks to other flavored vodkas. I'll give this a 10 for now. Unlike Eight Degrees, this works pretty well with a bunch of water added. It's like refreshing cucumber water but with a bit of a peppery kick a d some alcohol. I can't say that I ever want to have alcohol I can't detect in a drink because why suffer the health ramifications without getting to enjoy the nuance. That said, for someone looking to have a refreshing glass of something and also get a little tipsy, this is a test choice. I don't think I can adjust my rating based on this revelation since I have no basis for comparison, but I'd I were to adjust it, it would only go up. This is clearly the cucumber vodka to get (if you for some reason want cucumber vodka - might I suggest a nice bourbon, rum, scotch, or ice pick in the eye instead?).