The most recent firm to enter the ready-to-drink area is Stone Brewing, which just lately dropped this quartet of canned RTD margaritas: all glowing, and made with actual tequila. We obtained the complete lineup to attempt, so let’s serve the salsa and get began.
Every is 12.5% abv.
Stone Buenafiesta Margarita Basic Lime – Issues kick off with a daring lime taste right here, plus fairly a little bit of salt, which masks the herbaceousness of the tequila whereas making room for some sweetness. Some greenery emerges alongside a stronger lime character because it develops within the glass. Later: The expertise turns only a contact saccharine however stays total pretty balanced, certainly managing to come back throughout as an inexpensive sufficient margarita — its effervescence reasonably understated, notably as you get slightly ice melting within the glass. B+
Stone Buenafiesta Margarita Strawberry – There’s type of a Kool-Support factor happening right here, slowly shifting from a candylike character to a extra conventional agave-and-lime word, a bit gravelly on the again of the throat. The strawberry aspect re-emerges with time (and a few melting ice), once more showcasing strawberry candies and a frivolously medicinal high quality. For individuals who really feel they want well-doctored ‘ritas solely. B-
Stone Buenafiesta Margarita Ardour Fruit – My least favourite of the gathering; whereas I usually love ardour fruit, right here it comes throughout with a strongly synthetic, chemical character. Candylike fruit shortly turns bitter, the end saccharine and off-putting. C-
Stone Buenafiesta Margarita Pineapple Habanero – This one seems the half no less than, a vivid yellow-green coloration that evokes contemporary pineapple juice combined with lime. It tastes the half, too, imbuing a contemporary mix of lime and pineapple with an ample, although not insufferable, spice. The effervescence helps to chop by each the sweetness and the warmth, lending this expression a stability and approachability that’s missing in a lot of the lineup. A-
every $14 per 4-pack / stonebrewing.com
Stone Buenafiesta Margarita Pineapple Habanero
$14
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