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So, I started with the lime, as I figured that would probably be the best they had to offer. It was not terrible, but I'm eventually going to pull the cord on these seltzers all together and just go back to beer. The fact is, I really like beer, and I need to get back to reviewing what I love. I thought that these might be a low calorie option on days when I wanted some adult beverage, but I didn't want to get plastered, and I didn't want to put on a bunch of weight.
Once again, there's pretty much nothing to see. It's fizzy water, but this does have a noticeable red tint to it. It's not going to blow you over or look like a red ale, but it has some signifier of the underlying flavor. Mind you, the signifiers are all up front when it comes to the aroma. As soon as I opened this, I knew it was raspberry. Raspberry is one of those flavors that I'm not really sure why people seek out. So, I suppose it goes well with this seltzer, as I'm not sure why people seek them out.
I am struck with how much more flavor there is in the White Claw hard seltzers than there are in their competitors. Maybe that's why White Claw is so popular; they managed to get so much flavor into 100 calories. Looking at the ingredients, I noticed that the sweetener that they are using is cane sugar. The juice is from concentrate, and that combines for a sweet flavor that has very little artificial flavor aftertaste. By definition, it has none. I think I'm starting to understand what the appeal is. This has more flavor, still only has 100 calories per serving, and doesn't resort to nasty artificial sweeteners and their attendant aftertaste.
Tip-in is raspberry with lots of water and mild to moderate carbonation. The lime kind of broke down here with too much carbonation, but this one doesn't appear to have as much. Maybe I poured this a lot more aggressively. The middle is completely uninspired with a slight raspberry haze and lots of water with just a reminder of carbonation at the roof of the mouth. The finish is a bit more raspberry that surges so that it can be tasted in the trail off.
Bottom Line: I'm still more impressed with these than most.
2.0/5
