Hot Lips Black Raspberry Soda
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 1:52PM Today’s installment is for Hot Lips Black Raspberry Soda. We’ve reviewed a couple of Hot Lips sodas before. One was the delightful Pear Soda, and the other was the less delightful Strawberry. I say less delightful because the lemon juice was overpowering in the flavor of the Strawberry soda.
Since I really enjoy the ingredient list on the side of Hot Lips brand soda I will list it here.
Carbonated Water, Black Raspberries grown in Willamette Valley, OR, Can Sugar, Organic Lemon Juice
As I push my nose closer to the opening of the bottle I notice that the beverage has a light, but healthy raspberry smell. I really enjoy raspberries, as previously stated, so I now look forward to what I’m about to experience.
Upon initial taste I notice very little carbonation, and have to remind myself that the bottle lists this beverage as “lightly carbonated”. There is a slight raspberry tartness to it, as well as a noticeable sweetness. Thankfully the sweetness is not overpowering, allowing the natural flavor of the berry to be tasted. Fortunately for this beverage, the lemon juice listed on the ingredients does not overpower, unlike its strawberry counterpart. I just got a black raspberry seed lodged in my tooth. Normally I wouldn’t like this sensation, but in this case you know the Hot Lips Company is serious when they write that their sodas are made of natural ingredients. While I wouldn’t reach for this beverage to be refreshed, it does a fairly good job of quenching a thirst. (Sound like Déjà vu?) I would have to suggest that it be enjoyed by itself, as I personally don’t think its natural flavor would play well with others. Much like the strawberry, this beverage is for a select audience, but if I saw it listed at a restaurant I would order it off the menu just to impress those that I’m with. For those who think soda is bad for you… pick up any Hot Lips soda to be proven wrong.
Verdict: Buy a Bottle!
Twist thinks he has "hot lips"... just play along
(Note: This beverage was provided to us by Hot Lips)
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Reader Comments (2)
Okay, I think that Hot Lips might be the best soda company on the planet.... Mainly because everything you have reviewed so far sounds absolutely delicious. Where can I get a selection of these fine products,or can I just buy a minority ownership in the company?!?!?!
Hi Guys,
Thanks again for the review!
Wanted to let Dan know that we have a list of retailers that sell our sodas on our website, HOTLIPSsoda.com (however not all the distributors will tell us their accounts so please let us know if you find us someplace we don't have listed). We also sell directly from shop.HOTLIPSsoda.com. While shipping a case of soda can be spendy we help a bit by discounting the case price.
A note about the lemon in the batch of Strawberry you tasted. We had to source our lemon juice from a different place for that batch and learned how wildly different lemon juice can be. We had previously assumed that lemon was lemon, not so. Different varieties, different seasons, different pressings yield different flavors. So on one hand we don't dumb down the product to eliminate changes in flavors we did learned to be much more rigorous in selecting our lemon juice. That batch of lemon juice was less rich and more sharp that we had wanted and you can taste it most clearly in that batch of Strawberry. Most of that batch is gone now. We'll make more next summer when the strawberries come in.