Sweet Orange to the nose is what stands out with DHOS' Orange. Neat the orange is pronounced and lingering with more hints of orange peel rather than citrus. There's also a bit of peppery warmth and a touch of mint to it. On ice the orange backs off a little and artificial sweetener aftertaste starts to pop in, oddly. I notice on the bottle this is made with monk fruit sweetener so if you are sensitive to some of those kinds of sweeteners you may notice this. In this case, though, it can come across more as the bitterness of orange peel rather than that type of sweetener so it's not too bad. Still I preferred it neat, interestingly. As a side note many of these "alternative spirit" style drinks use something to give them a bit of mouth feel, which is usually some kind of sweetener (often glycerin), so this is certainly in the norm. Still the good thing here is it's a more complex flavor than just "orange", otherwise you may as well use orange extract (although that does contain alcohol, but you'd be diluting that heavily) if that was all you wanted, and it would be cheaper but have a far less complex flavor profile.

That being said, as many will note, most of these are not meant to be used neat or on the rocks (you wouldn't really expect to drink one of those coffee flavor additives/syrups straight either, would you?) So the real place to check this would be in a cocktail or situation where you might use say Cointreau or even Grand Marnier and I feel DHOS Orange works really well in those situations, for me.

I like this mixed in OJ or some other fruit juice. It's sweet and aromatic with a little spice. One of the better non alcoholic spirits I've tried. But"¦if you drink too much of it you may experience the poops ;)

Exploring 'mocktails'? This lovely with diet tonic. Fewer calories than alcohol.

Flavor wise, it's pretty good, more complex than simple syrups and extracts - though I'm sure it's something that could be done with those, this just is far more convenient. It mixes well and isn't bad even just in some soda water. Not a bad pick at all on that front.

The problem is the (assumed to be ginger?) "burn" of alcohol, which most of these have, and it's delayed and unpleasant, not to mention entirely unnecessary: I don't drink these because want to "feel" the alcohol in my mouth and throat, which I wouldn't in many mixed drinks anyway, I want to taste a complex flavor that is found in liquors without having the alcohol in it. This is almost what I wanted, and then that burn shows up, and... Meh.

This is a really good NA alternative to Cointreau. It doesn't have the same mouthfeel and they use a capsicum flavor to mimic the bite of alcohol "” but if you go in knowing that, it's a great substitute! Also good in some Topo Chico with a squeeze of lime.