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I bought a bunch of these at the store the last time I was there. I don't know if I should have this much faith in producers of beverages, but I think I have either six or eight of them, and they are all different flavors. If the first one sucks, they will likely all suck, and then I'm pretty much stuck. I don't even know how to categorize these, as this particular one is lemonade, and I have that, but it describes itself on the side as a kind of punch. I don't think I have a tag for punch, but maybe I need to add one. Also, this is - it appears - wine-based.
Unsurprisingly, the pink lemonade is pink. It is very pink. It is unusually and artificially pink. It is the kind of drink Barbie would drink. It definitely smells of alcohol. The 11.1% ABV is over double what something like a Mike's hard lemonade would be, and it's even more than the more advanced versions of Mike's hard lemonade. I'm just not sure that it's going to be able to show what the rest of the beverage is like over top of all that alcohol, but it also says that it is based on "other than standard orange wine." I don't know what to make of that, and I'm slightly fearful.
First sip isn't too bad, but it doesn't taste like pink lemonade. There is a slightly lemonade flavor to it, but I feel like most of the flavor is coming from somewhere else. I would say that it is more like a punch than lemonade, and the sweetness is blatantly artificial to the point that some may describe it as either disheartening or unacceptable. So far, I'm in the disheartening camp. The choice of sucralose over sugar seems to have been a bad one, and it does not have the standard government nutrition label, but it does go out of its way to point out that this is only 100 calories per container. Wait, I read that wrong. That is per serving. And supposedly there are 3.38 servings per box. That means there are 338 calories per box, and that is not justified by the flavor or lack of sugar. Maybe a gulp will taste better.
Tip-in is sweet lemonade and not much else. The middle is ungodly bad. It becomes acidic while the sweetener turns entirely artificial and stops providing much sweetness. I can't express just how much this should not be gulped. This is absolutely terrible if you try to gulp it. The finish is artificial sweetener aftertaste with alcohol and a wee bit of lemon juice.
Bottom Line: I hope they don't all suck this bad.
0.5/5
