Spirit Sunday - This Week Unicum (Part Two)

This Week – Unicum (Part Two)

Just to recap, last week I was set to review the Hungarian bitters Unicum, however found it so totally awful that I couldn't review in any normal way. Over the last week I have collected 9 different mixer drinks and will try unicum with all of them. Twice, just to be sure.

Coca Cola Zero Vanilla. The Bitters really bite in and make it much more drinkable. On the second tasting I understand why I appreciate the vanilla, its sweetness helps mask the awful taste of the spirit. 1.25/5

Cascade Raspberry Cordial. Very difficult to drink. Strangely, the sweetness of the cordial just couldn't break through the awful spirit. The second was totally awful. 0/5

V. Awful but perhaps nicer with a wedge of lime, I'll go and get some limes. It is a little bit nicer with lemon, but still not quite passable as something I'd buy in a bar. Upon second tasting it was ok in a sip but the after-taste was murder. 1/5

Tonic Water. It was just a watered down, carbonated version of the original. Second taste emphasised how horrible it can be. 0.25/5

Schweppes Dry Ginger Ale. Nicest one so far, just a little bit sweet. This whole experiment has made me realise for the first time why people might ask for sweet drinks. On second taste it is still not good, ginger versus ginger, but better than the other mixers thus far. 1.5/5

Bundaberg Diet Ginger Beer. Simply tastes like a generic blend of all the other mixers. Uninspiring mix of unpleasant tastes. 0.5/5

Glace au Vitamin Water Triple X (acai blueberry and pomegranate). Before tasting this one I was terrified. I knew it would be the worst but didn't think it could be as bad as it was. An honestly cringe inducing combination of flavours. Couldn't bear a second taste. 0/5

Schweppes Agrum Blood Orange. Not passable but not far from it. “Passable” of course is a very loose concept. 1/5

Soda Water. No. So bad. Not having any more of this ridiculous bitters. It is an abominable drink and doesn't mix well with anything ever under any circumstances. 0/5

Unicum rates almost 1 star at the best of time.