Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Yes, even cookie dough whiskey.
I’d heard a lot about Topo Chico, but I kinda dismissed it as dumb seltzer hype. La Croix kinda ruined an entire genre by tasting like angry fizz and the vague recollection of a fruit you once liked.
But people kept talking it up, and when they added booze to the mix — not just a hard seltzer, but a straight-up cocktail — I was intrigued. Now that I’ve had it … well, I’m not obsessed, but I understand why people would be.
There’s something different about Topo Chico’s carbonation. The bubbles are different. Bigger. Softer. While most seltzers and sodas have tiny circles of CO2, Topo Chico’s beverages taste like they’re filled with ovals. It’s like the difference between a regular tap beer and a nitro one. It’s softer, maybe even a little creamier.
We’ll get into all that though. Let’s talk about each flavor.