Review: Quirk Whip Mix Pack

Quirk Whip Mix Pack was recently released.  It joins the Quirk Berry Botanical, Tropical Breeze, and Splash of Citrus Mix packs.  Quirk also sells Quirk Rocket Pop and Quirk Cranberry Apple Cinnamon hard seltzers in individual flavor packs.  Quirk is produced by Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City Missouri.  John McDonald an art school graduate and former carpenter Founded Boulevard and started brewing beer in an old brick building that once housed the laundry for the Sante Fe Railroad.  In November of 1989 the first keg of Boulevard Pale Ale was ready.  Today Boulevard Brewing Company is the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest.  Each 12 ounce can of Quirk is made from a sugar alcohol base, with carbonated water, real fruit juice, natural flavors, and citric acid.  Absent from the list is stevia.

Quirk Strawberry Banana Whip: Made with 4% real juice from strawberry and banana juice.  It pours to a pale pink color.  The aroma bursts with fresh banana and sliced strawberry.  The sweet strawberry and ripe banana entry builds to a tart strawberry peak.  It fades with tangy strawberry and whipped cream and finishes with sour strawberry and banana cream pie.

Grade: A-

Quirk Raspberry Lime Whip:  Made with 5% real juice from raspberry and lime juice.  The aroma leads with lime juice and fresh raspberry.  The ripe raspberry and lime wedge entry builds to a creamy raspberry whipped cream cake peak.  It fades with lime juice and finishes with key lime pie taste.

Grade: A

Quirk Pineapple Orange Whip: Made with 3% real juice from orange and pineapple juice.  The aroma leads with tropical pineapple.  Peeled orange and whipped cream follow.  The sweet pineapple entry is joined by juicy orange building to a tart orange, tangy pineapple and fresh whipped cream peak.  It fades with orange sherbet and finishes with lemon peel and pineapple sorbet taste.

Grade: A- 

Quirk Peach Apricot Whip:  Made with 3% real juice from peach and apricot juice.  The aroma leads with dried apricot and sweet fresh peach.  The sweet juicy peach and tart apricot entry twins the aroma building to a ripe peach peak.  It fades with peaches and cream and finishes with sour apricot, peach pie and a dollop of whipped cream.

Grade: A-

The Bottom Line:  Its nice to drink a hard seltzer made with real fruit juice that matches the name on the can.  Quirk proves a hard seltzer with real fruit juice doesn’t have to be over sweet.

Made in Kansas City Missouri

4% Alcohol

90 Calories

2-3 Carbs