The slender 12-ounce cans are 100 calories each, just a bit less than a normal Bud Light. At Total Wine & More, a 12-beer variety pack, which also includes mango and black cherry seltzers, goes for $14.99, meaning they clock in at about $1.25 per can when bought in bulk. Both flavors were too sweet for me, and seeing as the seltzers have the same ABV as a Bud Light - 5 percent - I’d rather have had a beer in my hand. I also sampled the lemon lime, which tasted oddly like a margarita poured into a mostly empty beer can. I’m not sure why I didn’t see it coming, but I expected the first taste to register would be the flavor of soda or seltzer, rather than beer. That is, before I was bombarded by a rush of syrupy sweet. Overall, I would certainly recommend picking up a pack for good flavor and summer nostalgia.īud Light Seltzer Christine Condon/For The Diamondbackįor just a moment - maybe a fraction of a second - the strawberry Bud Light seltzer I was sipping tasted exactly like, well, a Bud Light. I’m partial against artificially flavored cherry, so this flavor was not for me. Mango is a rather difficult artificial flavor to pin down, but it still went down fairly easy. Although quite smooth, the richness mildly lacked. It is reminiscent of a lime wedge-topped Corona beer, a sharp citrus kick with a mellow aftertaste. That extra heaping of blackberry sweetness on top of the light, fresh lime combined for one of my favorite seltzer-sipping experiences yet. īlackberry Lime took the gold medal in this race. The assortment of flavors, a great marketing tactic for first-time buyers, encouraged me to try them all in one go - emphasis on “try.” Please sip responsibly. At $15.99 for a 12-pack with 4.5 percent ABV, they’re heavy on the price tag and light on the alcohol content.Ĭorona Hard Seltzer (as seen on the packaging) comes in 12-can variety packs with four flavors: Tropical Lime, Blackberry Lime, Mango and Cherry. Why drink two of the other spiked seltzers when you can guzzle down 23.5 fluid ounces of carbonated Four Loko? I can only imagine myself drinking this as an underclassman who hasn’t learned the true destruction that can come from this tall, camouflaged can.Ĭorona Hard Seltzer Julia Nikhinson/The Diamondbackĭespite controversy over their “Coming Ashore Soon” ad and halted beer manufacturing, Corona is continuing to push the release of its new hard seltzer in these dire times. I think the main appeal to this seltzer is its 12 percent ABV. Just one sip and I was instantly reminded of the nauseating cherry-flavored medicine I took growing up. Ideally I would’ve gone with the latter, but the stores around me only carried black cherry. They offer two options - black cherry and mango. Unfortunately, the brand’s take on hard seltzer didn’t hold back with the flavor, either. A regular Four Loko smacks you with an artificial sweetness that makes you second guess the ingredients you’re pouring down your throat. To me, spiked seltzers should have a distinct “LaCroix” quality to them, only tasting faintly of their respective flavors. I never thought of myself as the type to drink a Four Loko at 2 p.m., but that’s quarantine, baby. I give it my highest recommendation.įour Loko Hard Seltzer Camryn DeLuca/For The Diamondback It’s the only flavor that doesn’t get too sticky sweet in the back of your throat. You’d think it’d be grossly sugary, but the taste remains light and matches perfectly with the fizz of the seltzer. In a variety pack with four flavors including lime, raspberry and grapefruit, the black cherry stands out above the rest. With only 5 percent ABV in a 12-ounce can, you can afford to do that. If we weren’t in a pandemic, I’d prefer to down four of these in two hours at an IFC tailgate. There’s nothing like sipping one of these poolside. White Claw Hard Seltzer Julia Nikhinson/The Diamondback Watermelon & Kiwi? Adult Capri Sun vibes. Pineapple? Poolside at a Caribbean resort. Not to mention, Truly’s tropical mix pack is unmatched. With three variety mix packs - berry, citrus and tropical - and one rosé, Truly also has a larger selection of flavors than White Claw, so there’s more opportunity to spice up your darty. As someone who really hates seltzer (don’t ask me why I keep drinking hard seltzer, I have no answer), I welcome the focus on the fruit flavor over the carbonic acid. While neither brand tastes like alcohol (like, at all), Truly tastes a lot less like seltzer. It’s not true, but I can pretend!Īnd, actually, I think they taste better. I feel like I can walk up to the cashier without the fear of exposing myself as a frat-going, lightweight college girl. The two brands are almost identical - 5 percent alcohol by volume, 12 ounces, 100 calories, 2 grams of carbs - except I don’t feel embarrassed to buy Truly. Truly Hard Seltzer is like White Claw’s underrated, hipster sibling.
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