Sentia Gaba Red, Botanical Non Alcoholic Spirit, Award Winning, Vegan, Gluten Free and GM Free, Zero Proof, Bittersweet Spiced Berries taste, Up to 20 Drinks, 16.9 fl oz (500ml), Mix with Tonic or Soda

I tried two different versions. Black and Red. I had no issues with the flavors although they were not something I could imagine developing a craving for. Mix ‘em with some ginger beer or whatever you like and they are not vile nor exciting.Feel/effects? This is where the product disappoints. I was unable to detect *any* change at all. So it was. $40 bottle of slightly odd tasting fruit juice. Add the fact that the black version seemed to have some odd looking sludge/residue that stuck to the bottle inside and wasn’t visible right away until I poured enough of it out. It didn’t seem to be a contaminant just some dried juice? lolEveryone’s chemistry is different but this was not for me. I have tried other products that make similar claims and enjoyed them. Maybe when the magic molecule is approved I’ll give it another whirl. Great concept, just no delivery for me.The order sat in the Amazon queue for about 2 months before it shipped.

So, i was hyped for Sentia when i read about it, and when i saw it finally hit the US i had to have some. I wanted it for all the ingredients in it, its actually an amazing combination of things that are good for sleep and calming. Went with the Black seeing as how the other one tastes of perfume from the reviews. Sipped some out of a shot glass after it chilled for a bit.Firstly, it smells good. Kind of like cinnamon chocolate. Second, it does not look like the bulk of the pictures make it look. It is not "Black". Its kind of a chocolate brown. I would say it kind of looks like a good Worcestershire sauce. Same consistency, same color. So if you're expecting it to look like black coffee, it does not.So, theres a lot of back and forth between how it tastes. Some say its got a lot of tasting notes, defining it like a good whiskey. Some people say its outright disgusting. Its... different. Its not outright vile, but its certainly not something worthy of a whole list of tasting notes. To me it tastes like if you took a fistfull of lightly smoked black pepper and dumped it into a can of decaf folgers.This stuff would make an EXCELLENT mixer for any sort of dark, bitter cocktail. It would be amazing in an espresso martini or something of that nature. Sentia says you can drink it on its own but i wouldnt recommend it. Definitely something to keep with your liquor next time you're mixing drinks.Now, for the experience. This will either make or break what you were hoping for.Sentia says, to simplify the literature, its mood altering similar to alcohol. People are buying it because they think its effectively a free ride on the inebriation train. These are people, probably alcoholics, who do not know how herbs and botanical extracts work. Think of it less as an "Alcohol replacement" and more of a "homoeopathic tincture" and you'll be in the right mindset for what you should expect. Its definitely will induce calming and help you relax, as a good tincture would. It gave me a little bit of a boozy head high, but only a little (I only had a shot glass, mind), and it faded into a mellow, feel good vibe. Its what i hoped it would be.So no, its not your get out of jail free card toward drunkeness. It is however an excellent calming tincture, and was definitely what i personally was hoping for with it. Something to help me sleep, something to have a little bit of after work and de stress. Effectively medicine, albeit pricey.Should you buy it? If you want a mixer to add an extra kick to your drinks, sure. If you want something to help you relax, definitely. If you want something to get intoxicated with because your car wont start without blowing into a built in breathalyzer because you have six DUIs, look elsewhere.

After I tasted the Gold I liked it so much that I did a subscription. When I got the Gold that I ordered I continued to enjoy the taste and the calming effect. However, I have continued to receive other flavors that I absolutely do not like. And on top of that they are not returnable. Because of this I have cancelled my subscription and will not be buying this product again.

I'm usually too lazy to write Amazon reviews but Sentia products are getting such an odd division of reviews that I felt obliged to. For context, I've now consumed 2-3 bottles of Gold and 2-3 of Red but have yet to try Black. Most of my purchases were via Amazon but I did make the mistake of purchasing my initial bottle via their website (which added a hefty shipping cost and, if anything, took longer to arrive).So... where to begin? First of all, if you are actually expecting a buzz/intoxication effect that is very similar to alcohol without the health concerns, don't bother purchasing it, you're just going to be disappointed. I think a large number of the 1 or 2-star reviews could be explained away with this simple fact.But that does not make this product worthless. The "buzz" created is more of a mild mental calming effect with slight physical sensations. It does the job of taking the edge off after work or relaxing a bit in the evening versus consuming alcohol, but that's about it. Personally, I view this as a good thing, but I suppose if you're specifically looking for the less-inhibited, so-called "pro social" effect of alcohol you're not going to find that here.The taste is quite nice -- it's certainly not "overpriced fruit juice" as some reviews are suggesting. It's more botanical/bitter in taste.Alas, that's about all the praise I'm going to give this product/company. From here on out, it's critiques. First of all, Sentia needs to work with Amazon to make one listing page for all flavors. Jumping between product pages is not a smooth experience and it leads to more review division. Second, they need to step up their game on the logistics front. At nearly all times, at least one flavor is out of stock on Amazon, and I certainly don't care enough about this product to pay the hefty shipping cost on their own website.Third, and by far the most important part of this review... they need to clarify the serving size and do some more studies on the average effective dose. You are selling to the US market that probably includes a significant number of cocktail enthusiasts. We expect measurements in ounces, and the suggested serving size of this product is a joke -- change it to a standard 1.5 oz "shot" for simplicity. Alas, my primary issue with Sentia is that to feel *anything* close to the "buzz" I described above, I need at least 2 ounces per beverage. Okay, that's easy enough to pour, but now the serving size of this bottle just got slashed to 10 instead of 20. And I'm someone who was fairly naive to most of the "active ingredients" so I doubt I'm an outlier when it comes to dosing.So the TL;DR essentially becomes the following: Sentia is a decent product, certainly quite promising for the future and a significant step-up from typical non-alcoholic beverages that omit the alcohol yet not the carbs, yet the purchase decision boils down to the serving size (minimum effective dose, so to speak) balanced against the price tag. Is $40 worth it if you actually only get 8-10 effective servings? Only you can answer that question. For me that's an easy yes because there's not really anything similar on the market (in aperitif-style liquid format, at least)... but I'm certainly not thrilled with that price-tag.