Today I'm reviewing Mike's Hard Blue Raspberry Lemonade that just came to Manitoba this morning. I wasn't planning on reviewing this but I was the kind of kid who was obsessed with the faux Blue Raspberry kind of flavour in candy, freezies and beverages. Now.. it's way too sickly sweet for me but I couldn't pass this up. This was canned less than a month ago so it's super fresh. I also can't find any information about this product except that it's available in Manitoba and Newfoundland. From the can it says it contains "natural flavour", which we all know that Blue Raspberry isn't an actual fruit. Since I can't find any reviews about it, this may be the world's first Mike's Blue Raspberry review (excluding the Harder version available in the US) 5.0% ABV
Appearance: This looks like a freezie before you put it in the freezer - it's a light baby blue colour with a good cloudiness to it. It's quite carbonated as I'm pouring the can but the fizziness goes away pretty much immediately.
Aroma: Yeah, it's blue raspberry but it's not sickly sweet. I don't know how to describe it but it's a sweeter raspberryish aroma without the tartness, there's a good deal of tartness in the lemonade, a hint of vodka. So pretty much a liquid boozy blue freezie.
Taste: It tastes exactly how it smells. It's got that blue freezie taste to it, as well as the typical lemony taste you're used to with Mike's but without that sharpness to it, so it's definitely lemonade-y. It's sweet but not too sweet but I wouldn't ever drink more than one of these. Slight vodka burn at the end.
Overall Thoughts: Not bad, but I could only handle one. Comparing this to a regular blue raspberry-flavoured beverage I drink regularly - Twisted Tea Blue Razz, this is much more tame on the sweetness than Twisted's.
PS: It appears that their Jalapeño Lemonade I reviewed a couple years ago turned out to be a flop, which wasn't a surprise as I was doubting there would be a large market for it. This? Shouldn't experience that same fate.
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