Review: Ocean Vodka
Last week two mini-bar sized bottles of Ocean Vodka showed up at my door, just the right amount for one gorgeous, very-dry martini. By "dry" I mean I put the Vermouth bottle next to the glass and allowed the flavor to be added via osmosis. Didn't leave it there for very long though, I'd hate for the vermouth to get all uppity and take over the flavor.The bottle:
Very cool bottle with an unearthly hue that you'd expect from the ocean. Gorgeous design on the front.
How it's made:
The alcohol is distilled from corn and rye and is 100% organic from Idaho. The water that's mixed in is taken from 3000 feet deep in the ocean and is de-salinated. The depth means that the water is free of impurities and pollution and completely natural.
The taste:
Simply awful. Weren't expecting that, were you? It seriously tastes like my mouth does after spending an afternoon surfing off the Southern California coast. Though they say it's desalinated, it has that grimy salt taste you'd expect after a day at the beach. It tastes like they used rubbing alcohol to mix the drink. It's sad too because I really wanted to like this stuff, I tried throughout the whole martini (what I could finish of it) to come back to it and like it. I even asked my wife to try it and make sure I wasn't just off on my tastebuds. The gagging sound she made told the whole story.
The verdict:
Run away. If you ever see this stuff in your local liquor store write your Congressman demanding a ban on the stuff and that the liquor store be burned to the ground immediately. Oh well, not all the samples can be great ones.
Ocean Vodka - [oceanvodka.com]
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Comments
Unfortunately, as soon as you said you'd put it up against major market brands, you immediately disqualified yourself as a valid taste tester. Though Grey Goose, Belvedere, and Chopin are decent vodkas, I wouldn't list them as the gold standard for vodkas.
I've tasted several hundred vodkas and know how to do a proper tasting. This stuff tasted no better than the $3.99 jug you can get at your local grocery store.
Hey, we only get 1000 people a day here, it's not the entire world. My review isn't going to make or break this company, but it's my review nonetheless. There are just too many incredible new vodkas out there to waste time on this one.
In summary, a rating of "3 out of 4 bunnies" hardly represents a product worthy of the description in this blog.
Keep your eyes open, this is a HOT One!.....
As I mentioned before, I'm glad other people like it. I just didn't. Big deal. Move on.