Blue Sky – Grapefruit Review
This soda company has been around for quite a long time, it was founded back in 1980 in New Mexico. In 2000, Hansen Beverage Company picked it up, moving the operation to California. In all that time, I have never tried it, despite being available just about everywhere in the U.S. The can design is still highly reminiscent of the company’s roots, complete with an airborne raptor in the logo.
Enough with the history lesson, on to the test. Pulling back the tab, it reminds me of just about any other citrus soda, that olfactory tang of citric acid is very apparent. It tastes okay, citrus-y and sweet, but only vaguely of grapefruit. The aftertaste leaves the underlying dryness usually left by a grapefruit, so there is that. The sweetness lingers on even longer. This is due to the 38 g of sugar in the 12 oz can, on par with Coca-Cola. Also, very carbonated.
Many of their other sodas have fewer calories than this, The Daily Plate lists them. Despite the high sugar, they proudly proclaim that their natural sodas are “made without artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, caffeine, sodium, GMOs or high fructose corn syrup.” There are also only four ingredients in the can, carbonated water, sugar, citric acid and natural grapefruit flavor. Excellent. Do you need to use so much sugar, though?
I appreciate a company striving to remain all natural, using as few ingredients as possible, and having such a large, varied line, but in this particular drink my expectations overshot a little bit. The flavor didn’t quite cut it for me, and the sugar content is much higher than we like to see in a soda. Overall it was nothing special, but I still want to try their other drinks.
Score: 2 out of 5. Too sugary and the flavor falls short, more fizz than grapefruit.
– WiseGuise
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