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You know, if White Claw were actually good.Ī note that’s going to come up throughout these reviews these all taste way better in the can than poured into a glass over ice. You won’t mistake it for a soda, but you could mistake it for a slim can of White Claw. It’s not as dry as other seltzers but much more drinkable. It’s a little tart up front, but after the berries fade you get the passionfruit sweetness advertised in the ingredients to send things off on a nice note. The flavor is complex for a sparkling water - not the cloying artificial taste of those one-liter bottles of black cherry fizzy water from the dollar store but a nice subtle alternative. There’s no sugar involved here (or corn syrup), but the result is a little sweeter than a hard seltzer and WAY sweeter than a La Croix. Slip this guy in a koozie, however, and it all feels extremely familiar with few suggestions you’re missing out on something more.įizzy raspberry pops right away, followed by the familiar low-cal seltzer flavor of agave nectar. You’re not going to replace the ritual of drinking a beer with a plastic bottle. Selling it in half-liter tall boy cans was brilliant as well. For a very stupid drink it’s very, very good. Not to spoil the review for you, but I … actually liked it a lot. They actively and successfully market a flavor called “pamplemousse.” What better way to separate yourself from the competition than promising pestilence with every can? Its flavor names are either half-baked puns “BERRY IT ALIVE” or references that make no damn sense: “SEVERED LIME” “MANGO CHAINSAW.” It’s embarrassingly EXTREME, like if POWERTHIRST existed as flavored water.īut I kinda get it. It’s a RUTHLESS TALLBOY that pledges DEATH TO PLASTIC. In case the name isn’t clear enough, this is VIOLENT WATER. But, in reality, it’s just flavored sparkling water for the most part. Did I pick it because I originally assumed it was a too-clever pale ale from a niche brewery that charges $17 for a four-pack? MAYBE. We’re gonna take on Liquid Death’s canned water line and see if it’s any good. In honor of taking a break, this week’s review is all water.

I won’t be participating - it’s still football season, you know - but I respect the reset. Octsober? Either way, with Oktoberfests quietly receding in the rear view and roughly eight weeks before the boozy holiday season, the 10th month of the year is a great opportunity to step back from alcohol and take some time away from booze. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series.