Twisted Tea "Peach" Iced Tea.

I'm expecting this tea to be a little peachy. In fact, it might be very peachy. And that's just peachy with me. I wouldn't say that I would go out of my way to chomp into a peach, but I'm not going to go kicking one out of my beverage. I can't think of too many beers that have peach as a featured flavor, and that's even when they're getting fruit flavor from the hops. Nevertheless, peach is a very common ingredient for tea, and I want this to be uncommonly good.

Not surprisingly, this looks nearly identical to the last tea I had from Twisted Tea. In fact, I happen to have this sitting right next to another glass of Twisted Tea, the Arnold Palmer version, and I cannot discern a difference. I really wanted this to be slightly peach colored, but it is not colored in any way different than the last, so it is dark tea colored. The aroma, unlike the look, definitely states that there is peach involved. Peach is featured front and center, and I don't have a problem with that.

First sip is overly sweet peach tea. Once again, the alcohol is relatively hidden inside the depths of the tea, and I'm not sure if it's just the tea leaves are really good at hiding it or that Twisted Tea is good at mixing the right combination. Either way, I can barely tell that this is an adult beverage from just a sip. As a peach tea, it's not that bad. 

Tip-in is sweet peach tea that is, for some reason, a lot thicker than I would expect it to be. The middle continues the thickness, but the tea is well balanced between the peach flavor and the flavor coming from the tea leaves. It's possible that the sweetness is coming out a little too much through the center. The finish is peach fuzz and skin laying on top of the tea, and I'm not sure it's the right end to what had previously been a very good beverage.

Bottom Line: Not the tea for me, but not bad.

2.5/5