I am a sparkling water princess and find Polar and LaCroix wanting. Bubble texture is inferior and taste is plain tap vs delicious and perfect Pellegrino.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 25 June 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
Whole Foods Italian Sparkling is an adequate (and cheaper) Pellegrino alternative.
I don't do flavored water.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 25 June 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
Ah seeI’m all about the flavorsThough I wonder what “natural essence” is and if it’s going to coalesce in my system and give me cancer down the road
― calstars, Monday, 25 June 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
yeah I don't like flavors in seltzer generally, just that one is good.
(all of this makes me come off really snobbish I realize but imo the perfect amount of carbonation is in regular old schweppes/canada dry)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 25 June 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
i can only drink the polar liters! can't hang with cans
― maura, Monday, 25 June 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
HahahaI spotted the blueberry lemonade and pomegranate flavors, will check them out. my dream flavor is rhubarb
― calstars, Monday, 25 June 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
best polar seasonal ever was fudge cheesecake, which tasted like a milk-free egg cream
― maura, Monday, 25 June 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
strongly in the katherine camp re carbonation. my friend's office kitchen is stocked with lacroix unflavored and it always just seems like a defective flat batch.
― mick signals, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:00 (five years ago) link
*cracks open an apricot LC*
― calstars, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
schweppes carbonation always being perfect is otm
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
http://gaia.adage.com/images/bin/image/x-large/Hi_Fi_Hops_Lagunitas_Brewing_Company20180626.jpg?1530030468
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/lagunitas-thc-sparkling-water/?format=amp
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
It never even occurred to me to think about which seltzer has better bubbles. I don't know that I've ever actually had san p tho. Will try.
The Key Lime la croix is amazing just FYI but I normally reach for Polar.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
Someone mentioned Rhubarb and while this isn't seltzer it is delicious:
https://taldepot.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/C/a/Cawston_Lage_Rhubarb_Can_080915.jpg
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
Dat wuz meSaw that at the store and almost picked it up but was put off by the apples - imagining a 80/20 apple / rhubarb split. But will try.
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
polar now has a 'ginger lime mule' flavor and it's REALLY good
― ciderpress, Saturday, October 28, 2017 9:23 PM (seven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was a limited time one I guess and I miss it, it was the GOAT
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
yeah it was winter '18
― maura, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
Finally getting around to the cartston rhubarb and as mentioned it’s not a seltzer. 23 grams of sugar. I think they could halve that but that’s just my taste. Anyway it’s delicious as is too. Love the ‘barb
― calstars, Sunday, 8 July 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO9RP4QEZKU
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
"Vintage" brand seltzer is awful. Avoid at all costs.
I'm embarking on a Canada Dry vs. Schwepp's head to head and will report back.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
seltzer in the new era
― calstars, Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
just picked up a 'starfruit lemonade' flavor from polar - the seltzer flavor arms race is surely getting out of control
― ciderpress, Monday, 9 July 2018 01:16 (five years ago) link
i don't even remember what starfruit is supposed to taste like! i will learn from the seltzer
― ciderpress, Monday, 9 July 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
Whole Fudz pushing this “Waterloo” stuff. Had the watermelon and it was good shit. Wonder why LC doesn’t have such a flavor
― calstars, Friday, 3 August 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
polar has strawberry watermelon in their permanent roster now which is solid
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 August 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
a good ad for Truly Hard Seltzer would be Kanye sitting around his ranch all depressed and frustrated, tweeting a bunch of garbage, working halfheartedly on some handwritten fonts, a tumbleweed rolls by, he sighs and jumps up and screams ENOUGH!!! and texts Dave Chappelle and Justin Bieber who immediately fly out on their private planes and show up at the ranch with a case of ice cold Trulies and then suddenly they're all having a blast, lollin', taking selfies, skateboarding and laying down tracks for Donda: With Child
and then it could be like, "Truly Hard Seltzer: here's to Truly good friends who don't nag you about taking your Seroquel like your nag wife!"
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Handwritten fonts are super lol
― calstars, Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
it's funny cause it's true
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link