They are doing a great job moving away from the chemical flavors with a strong cream ale, but the additives are always going to be there.
I'm having it again for the badge. stick to the root beer, it's amazing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured an almost black color with a small foamy beige head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was root beer and seemed flat. The flavor was root beer and vanilla. Medium length finish. Light body and undercarbonated. Alcohol well hidden. Tasted like soda.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours a cloudy dirty water color with virtually no head or retention. No lacing. Smells like lemon soda. Tastes like sweet lemon soda too. The 5.0% ABV is completely invisible. Hi carbonation, crisp mouthfeel. There is zero beer flavor here. Pure alco-pop. Tastes great if you want lemon soda.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/19/2018. Pours crystal clear deep ruby red/orange/amber color with no head or lacing. Good appearance. Aromas of big orange juice, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, papaya, apricot, guava, strawberry, red apple, white sugar, and light herbal/grassy hops. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical fruits and sugary malt sweetness; with big strength. Taste of big orange juice, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, papaya, apricot, guava, strawberry, red apple, white sugar, and light herbal/grassy hops. Light-moderate fruity tang/tartness, and mild herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of orange juice, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, papaya, apricot, guava, strawberry, red apple, white sugar, and light herbal/grassy hops on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical fruits and sugary malt sweetness; with a fantastic malt/sugar and tart/tangy fruit balance; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering fruit tang/tartness. Zero carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth and moderately sugary/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Slightly slick/syrupy. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent fruit beer. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical fruits and sugary malt sweetness; extremely smooth and refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/drying finish; went down like water. Great juicy fruit profile and balanced sugary malt backbone. Lightly sweet with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Tastes 100% like Hawaiian punch so they nailed it. I don't care if it doesn't taste like beer unlike everyone else.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Could be dangerous. Very close to root beer, slight difference in flavor but covers up the alcohol. Heavy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Beer and the glory of all its infinite gyrations. How interesting. It pours like deep red koolaid. Smells like sweet cherry koolaid. It actually tastes like overly sugary sweet koolaid, and I may say, a little better than expected. Slight warming sensation. This is not beer and I'm not sure if it has any punch in it, its mostly dominated by cherry. This artificial sweet mess of a brew needs its own style. Warming sensations in gullet during the session. I really don't think you can call this beer? Well, sake is! No carbonation through-out. This has nothing in common with beer. Let me go back and check the ABV. It tastes like 1%. Slight hints of sweet fruit tartness on the finish. Oddly, in the end, it does not necessarily come across as artificial. Not quite an insult to the word beer. If you mix this half and half with your favorite ice cold cheap pale lager, the taste and palate tremendously improve, heheheh.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
How could I look at this bottle and not see it was 4.1 alky? No kidding, its right on the front of the label but I was ignoring that and trying to see the fine black print. Got this one at wegman's chitauqua. Smells much like cream soda and it looks like cream soda in a glass. Taste is in yer face cream soda, over the top that is. Look, I've had cream soda, and like it, but this stuff immediately comes across as too syrupy sugary, way more so than real cream soda. Hey dudette, if you ease up on the sugar, it may be a little more enjoyable. As is, its almost cloying, so unnatural. Yes, those cloying sensations irritate me and hang with me after each slug, whew. Difficultly sweet. Even a little weird, to be kind. Yes, not sure how this could be a beer, its certainly more like one of those happy bullshit artificial soda pop malt drinks, just like pop. How comes those beers can't beer rated here? And why is this 'beer' ratable here? Just asking. This stuff? Forgettahbouttit, I gottah go reddup. Very bad, unrepeatable. Almost drain pour. Sickening sweet. Is not beer. Should have passed this tic by but now I see another flavor in my fridge, oh my!