Strawberry Hibiscus Margarita seems like it should be a kombucha or a proprietary drink at a health spa, not a recreationally consumed chill-out beverage. Altogether, this variety is too sweet, too herbal, and too medicinal tasting. And then neither flavor does anything to wash away the palette-unfriendly presence of a significant alcoholic taste in this hard seltzer. The artificial strawberry taste is too powerful, so it doesn't balance out the hibiscus as much as jut up against it. Hibiscus has its adherents, so someone who likes all that might enjoy the Truly Strawberry Hibiscus Margarita, but that's just one element in a recipe that doesn't yield a final product that's as appetizing or flavorful as the beverage chefs clearly intended. But hibiscus is appealing to a relatively small audience for a reason - it carries a very distinctive taste, a vague and incongruous combo of herbs and what one thinks a bouquet of flowers might taste like, based on its scent. Hibiscus is a flavor for niche audiences, so it's somewhat surprising that a major, national hard seltzer brand like Truly would so prominently get behind it and use it as the centerpiece for one of its products. Truly's Pineapple Lemon seltzer just doesn't make for a pleasant drinking experience. Pineapple is as caustic as it is sugary the same goes for lemonade. Pineapple and lemon are too similar to work well together, and the result - especially with the addition of seltzer water and alcohol - are flavors that stick out uncomfortably against one another rather than blend into something new and lovely. Truly manufactures a few flavored lemonade seltzers, including Pineapple Lemonade - the odd one out of the bunch. This is why strawberry lemonade, raspberry lemonade, and watermelon lemonade are common finds at restaurants, in grocery stores, and, with the addition of a shot of a spirit, at bars. But because the lemon bears such a sour and signature flavor on its own, the fruits that work best at enhancing or altering lemonades are the sweet ones and the berries. A lot of crafty kitchen scientists out there have found that they can make lemonade, all wonderfully sweet and pleasingly sour, even better with the addition of other fruits. Flavored lemonades are a wonderful invention.
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