Review: Endless Summer Hard Seltzer
Endless Summer Hard Seltzer is produced by Karl Strauss Brewing Company in San Diego California. Chris Cramer and Matt Rattner two college buddies inspired by a brewpub Chris came upon while backpacking in Australia, with the help of Chris’s cousin Master Brewer Karl M Strauss opened Karl Strauss Brewing Company in downtown San Diego February 1989. In 2019 alone they brewed more than 140 different beers. ES Hard Seltzer is named for Endless Summer, a Bruce Brown film, that follows surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August on a surfing trip around the world. The films title comes from the idea that if one had enough time and money it would be possible to follow summer up and down the globe. Endless Summer Hard Seltzer is made with purified carbonated water, alcohol from cane sugar natural fruit flavors, citric acid, and sodium citrate. It is currently available in four flavors POG, (Passion Fruit, Orange, & Guava), Black Cherry, Key Lime, and Raspberry. Each flavor weighs in with 100 calories, 1 carb, 5% alcohol, and 0 sugar.
Endless Summer Black Cherry: Made with Natural Black Cherry flavors. The aroma is sweet dried cherry. The black cherry entry builds to a tart cherry peak. It fades with burgundy cherry ice cream. The finish leaves sour cherry and subtle carbon seltzer taste.
Grade: B
Endless Summer POG: Made with Natural Passion Fruit , Natural Orange, and Natural Guava flavors. The aroma leads with orange and guava. Additional time in the glass brings out blood orange. The sweet guava entry is joined by grapefruit and orange juice building to a tangy blood orange and guava peak. It fades with lemon and orange and finishes with whole grapefruit and guava taste.
Grade: B+
Endless Summer Key Lime: Made with Natural Key Lime flavors. The aroma is whole sliced lime. The sweet lime entry builds to a tart key lime juice peak. It fades with lime peel and finishes with sour and tangy lime, leaving lime sherbet and medium carbon seltzer taste.
Grade: B-
Endless Summer Raspberry: Made with Natural Red Raspberry and Black Raspberry flavor. The aroma has raspberry gelato notes. The sweet raspberry entry builds to a creamy blackberry peak. It fades with tart blackberry and finishes with raspberry yogurt, and subtle carbon seltzer taste.
Grade: B+
Made in Pacific Beach California
5% Alcohol
100 Calories
1 Carb
0 Sugar