Review: Sparkling Ice Spiked Hard Seltzer

Sparkling Ice Spiked Hard Seltzer was released August 2020 in select markets including Tampa, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Seattle, Portland Oregon, and Southern California.  It is now starting to rollout Nationwide.  It is available in four flavors, Lemonade Refresher, Ruby Fizz, Strawberry Citrus Smash, and Cherry Lime Chiller.  Sparkling Ice Spiked is part of the Talking Rain Company.  Founded in 1987 by Pete Hiskin and John Stevens.  The two found a group of investors and soon sold the brand to them.  Success did not happen overnight but their Sparkling Ice brand is now the best selling sparkling water brand in the US, ahead of both the La Croix and Pepsi’s Bubly brand.  While Sparkling Ice is made with 1% juice, flavors from natural sources, vitamins and antioxidants, Sparkling Ice Spiked Hard Seltzer’s listed ingredients include carbonated water, alcohol from cane sugar, natural flavors, citric acid, tripotassium, and sucralose.  Sucralose is best known as Splenda.  Weighing in with 80 calories and 4% alcohol, Sparkling Ice Spiked is the lightest hard seltzer on the market today.Sparkling Ice Spiked Lemonade Refresher:  The aroma is lemon soda.  The diet lemon soda entry builds to a tart lemon juice peak.  It fades with sour lemon and finishes with bittersweet sucralose taste.        

Grade: C+

Sparkling Ice Spiked Ruby Fizz: It pours to a cloudy grapefruit juice color. The aroma is fresh peeled grapefruit. The Splenda enhanced grapefruit juice entry has a taste similar to Fresca building to a tart grapefruit peak. It finishes with grapefruit peel and Splenda taste. Having a chilled can in my refrigerator I compared the two and while similar in taste I found the Fresca a little sweeter.

Grade: B

Sparkling Ice Spiked Strawberry Citrus Smash: The aroma leads with fresh strawberry. Orange follows. The sweet orange juice entry is joined by strawberry building to a strawberry bubblegum peak. It fades with sour tangerine and finishes with fruit punch gummy bear flavor leaving Splenda aftertaste.

Grade: B-

Sparkling Ice Spiked Cherry Lime Chiller: The aroma leads with cherry syrup, whole lime follows. The sweet cherry Kool aid entry is joined by a squeeze of lime juice building to a sweet cherry candy and tangy lime peak. It fades with cherry pixy stick and lime Starburst flavor, leaving Splenda aftertaste.

Grade: C+

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The Bottom Line: Sparkling Ice Spiked Hard Seltzer is a full flavored hard seltzer with 0 carbon seltzer aftertaste. The overall flavor experience is sweeter than most hard seltzers.

Brewed and canned in Memphis Tennessee

4% Alcohol

80 Calories

1 Carb

0 Sugar