Innevape - Vulcan Blood

Vulcan Blood is a fairly new addition to the Innevape line-up.  It made its debut in late October along with Iceberg. I wanted to do a review back then but I wasn't sure how to describe it.  I have been sampling it on and off ever since.  In the meantime, Vulcan Blood has become one of Innevape's most popular products. 

 Innevape describes Vulcan Blood as "An absinthe based liquid with a very distinct, spicy flavor. This one is hard to describe, but highly addictive. Who knew the little pointy-eared dudes tasted so good?" - Innevape

In an eGo/CE5 setup, the first flavor I taste is coconut.  After a few good draws, I detect what seems to be a chocolate undertone.   I am not sure.  It also seems to have a cake like texture. It reminds me of German chocolate cake.

German chocolate cake is a chocolate layer cake that was originally known as German's chocolate cake. This cake is famous for its dark chocolate, which was developed by Sam German, and its coconut-pecan frosting which is made with caramel, egg yolks and evaporated milk.

Once I switched over to a pyrex tank and a variable voltage device, I began to pick up a hint of anise. The German Chocolate cake sensation was gone, although the coconut flavoring remained.  Anise is one of several ingredients found in Absinthe which is an anise-flavored spirit derived from the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium (wormwood), green anise, sweet fennel and other medical and culinary herbs. Absinthe is naturally green in color, hence the name Vulcan Blood.

Absinthe was a popular alcoholic drink in late 19th, and early 20th, century France.  It was especially popular among artists, writers and poets such as Ernest Hemmingway, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Oscar Wilde, Vincent van Gogh and Aleister Crowley, to name a few. Social conservatives and prohibitionists fought to ban it and it was banned in the United States and most of Europe between 1915 and the 1990's as it was believed to be an addictive psychoactive drug.

Wormwood is slightly bitter with a strong floral and herbal scent and flavor. Any decent Absinthe must be cool and refreshing with a complex herbal and floral character.  No single herb should stand out from the rest. It is said that a good Absinthe should remind you of an Alpine field or meadow. It should contain both floral and spicy scents and flavors which are balanced in such a way as to "seduce both your palate and nose."  It should taste bitter, but not too much, and have and aniseed flavoring, but not enough to over power the other flavors and scents.

So here we have an Absinthe based e-juice blended with coconut and possibly some type of fruit. It's not a German chocolate cake laced with absinthe as it seemed to be in a plastic clearomizer. Though at times, the cake type sensation seems to reappear. Vulcan Blood is a very pleasant vape which seems to play games with your taste buds. And it is addictive! Totally addictive!

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