Natural flavors, cane sugar and juice concentrate are also listed as ingredients. This alcohol still comes from cane sugar though and not malt or vodka. Truly Hard Spritzer is available in over 30 flavors, with two flavors of Truly Extra Hard Seltzer having a higher percentage of alcohol at 8% ABV. Vodka is typically 40% ABV, whereas a Truly Hard Seltzer is only 5% alcohol by volume, about the same as most typical beers such as Budweiser or Coors. Vodka is made from potatoes or grains while the alcohol in Truly Hard Seltzers comes from cane sugar. Instead it all comes from raw cane sugar. Although they have now released Truly Vodka Seltzers, the original Truly Hard Seltzer doesn’t use vodka or malt for its alcohol. The flavor produced by fermenting sugar cane is a much cleaner taste with a less strong flavor and makes it the perfect alcohol base to add fruit flavors to. The taste of alcohol produced from raw cane sugar is very different to that of alcohol using more traditional malted grains like wheat or barley. Instead of using that traditional malt mixture, Truly Hard Seltzers use cane sugar, which provides the sugar for the yeast to break down into alcohol. When brewing beer, however, grains are use to make a malt which the yeast then feeds off to break down into sugars which can be converted into alcohol. All the alcohol in Truly Hard Seltzer comes from the cane sugar base.īeing a brewed drink it still fits into the beer category for taxation purposes rather than the liquor tax rating. Although the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) legally classify a Hard seltzer as a flavored malt beverage, Truly Hard Seltzer doesn’t contain any malt, so is technically not a malt beverage. Is Truly a Malt Beverage? Photo by Camden & Hailey George on Unsplash Unlike the Hard Seltzer, Truly Vodka Seltzer is classed as a premixed spirit drink or RTD spirit like a flavored vodka. In 2022, Truly introduced the Truly Vodka Seltzer, which is made with six times distilled vodka, real fruit juice and premium flavors. This is what differentiates it from other drinks such as wine, which uses the sugars found in the grapes, or beer, which uses the sugars made in the malt and grains mixture to produce alcohol.Īlthough Truly is brewed using similar methods to beer, swapping out the malt for cane sugar gives it a far more neutral-flavour base, similar to vodka or other neutral spirits.īut Truly isn’t a spirit, it has not been distilled like a spirit for a higher strength but brewed as alcohol which is then watered down with other ingredients such as fruit flavourings and water. The alcohol in Truly Hard Seltzer is made using cane sugar. Is Truly a malt beverage like that old favorite Smirnoff Ice? Or does it contain a spirit base to bump up the alcohol? Basically, is Truly a type of beer or a mixed drink with spirits? What Kind of Alcohol Is in Truly Hard Seltzers? Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Let’s also take a more detailed look at Truly, one of the most popular hard seltzer brands in the US today, and check out what types of alcohol are in it. ![]() In this blog, we’ll explore the reasons behind the popularity of hard seltzers as an alternative to beer and find out what makes them so appealing to consumers. These carbonated, low-calorie, and low-carbohydrate alcoholic beverages are refreshing, easy to drink, and perfect for summertime sipping. The popularity of hard seltzers has surged among consumers, and it’s not hard to see why. In recent years, hard seltzers have taken the beverage industry by storm. ![]() Some of my favorite craft beer producers are now brewing hard seltzers too, in addition to their standard beers. Hard seltzer seems all the range at the moment, even I have been known to dump my beloved IPA on a hot summer’s day for a cool, refreshing and easy to drink hard seltzer.
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