Dogfish Head, known for its creative beers, entered the canned cocktail space with mixed results. A recent tasting revealed that their blood orange mango vodka crush is overly sweet and artificial, lacking flavor cohesion and refreshing qualities. Despite Dogfish Head's claims of using fresh juice and natural flavors, the cocktail's tasting notes fell flat. Other options from Dogfish Head may fare better, but this particular offering failed to satisfy the palate, overshadowed by intense flavors and sugary sweetness.
The blood orange mango vodka crush was way too sweet, way too artificial, and too intense to be refreshing. While citrus and mango sound like they could be a decent pairing, in this case, they were clashing adversaries.
Both flavors were very intense and as far from cohesive as flavor pairings get, each one overpowering the palate. We could've forgiven a poor flavor pairing if the fruits tasted freshly juiced, but the glaring artificiality was almost as cloying as the sugary sweetness.
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