Honest Ade Cranberry Lemonade

I get asked all the time, "WiseGuise, how come you don't do more reviews on -ades? Particularly lemon-ades? If you're so wise, why don't you impart your wisdom upon us concerning the penultimate summer-time drink?" The answer is simple. There aren't many good lemonades out there. At least, that aren't filled to the brim with sugars (particularly HFCS,) or just plain taste terrible. Look at anything you can find in a convenience store. Bleh. But, there is a real lemon behind this ugly lemon-shaped rock. It's called Honest Ade, from the good folks at Honest Tea.

I can still smell the fresh, tart, cranberry-lemon scent in the empty (100% recyclable) bottle. It's like something that you wish your grandmother would make, but can't, and never will, because she doesn't love you. That's why she gives you Countrytime. That's why I suggest that next time you're at your local grocer or health-food depot, look for this simple bottle. It's only about $1.30 - .50 a bottle, and it tastes like lemonade should; not too sweet, not too tart. You can sip it, chug it, slam it, swim or shower in it if you'd like, but I would suggest against the two latter.

It's all organic, baby, and just 24 grams of sugar in the bottle. I like it just as much or more than Honest's other offerings, and you can rest assured you will be seeing more of their products reviewed here, and potentially bathed in, if time permits.
The only bad news I have, is that Coke has moved in on Honest Tea, buying 40% of the company earlier this year, with an option to buy them outright in 3 years. Say it aint so.

I like it so much, it's getting 5 out of 5 asterisks.

-- WiseGuise