Flying Embers is finest recognized for making laborious kombuchas, however it additionally produces laborious seltzers and these canned cocktails, all made with zero sugar and nil carbs. Its unclear what these “cocktail impressed drinks” are comprised of, however it’s not distilled spirits and it’s not malt liquor. The labels sclaim “alcohol from natural cane sugar,” which is seemingly made by way of fermenting sugar as a substitute of grain the way in which you’d make a beer. Both manner, they’re made with natural agave and actual fruit juice whereas one way or the other maintaining the sugar content material at zero.
Let’s delve into this thriller by way of our mouths and stomachs, we could?
Flying Embers Basic Lime Margarita – Not terrible, however heavy on gummy cereal notes that make the flavors of tart ReaLime and bitter Candy’N Low tougher to actually take pleasure in. It sort-of tastes like a margarita, when you shut your eyes and squeeze your mind actually laborious. 10% abv. C-
Flying Embers Strawberry Guava Margarita – An preliminary rush of guava does little to masks a robust medicinal high quality that comes on sturdy and lingers for ages — the strawberry aspect failing to make the appropriately fruity affect, hitting the tongue as a substitute with a cough syrup pungency. It’s each bitter and intensely saccharine on the end, and unrecognizable as a “margarita” in any manner. I’m nonetheless making an attempt to get the style out of my mouth. 10% abv. D
Flying Embers Blood Orange Pomegranate Margarita – The blood orange aspect provides a contact of citrus however it’s not sufficient to chop by way of the economic pungency within the combine. Huge malt liquor notes rage quickly after the contact of fruit fades, and in the end this doesn’t actually have a lot to differentiate itself from the Strawberry Guava model. 10% abv. D
Flying Embers Lime Mojito – A lot of lime, and plenty of tough cereal character, although some industrial-strength mint on the nostril no less than makes you consider an precise mojito cocktail. Weedy and malty on the palate because it develops, rumbling its manner towards that traditional, saccharine end. 8% abv. D+
Flying Embers Watermelon Mojito – Vaguely pink, which is the one factor that approaches watermelon on this beverage. Inexperienced, weedy, and rubbery, it tastes extra just like the wrapper to a watermelon Jolly Rancher than the sweet inside. 8% abv. F
Flying Embers Mango Mojito – I did just like the nostril on this one, which is suitably tropical, if indistinctly “mango.” The palate nonetheless is gritty and tarry, very similar to its brethren, with a boldly natural high quality to complete that’s possibly alleged to evoke mint? Could possibly be worse. 8% abv. C-
every $24 per 12-pack / flyingembers.com
Flying Embers Lime Mojito
$24
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