This is great, thank you! I know a bit different than these but I’m curious how FW cream soda compares in your opinion.Okay, I have been single flavor testing champagne and fizzy flavors plus testing my two new mixes. I am dizzy and my taste buds are shot. All for the good of research.Flavor notes on Champagne and Fizzy Flavors.
FLAVOUR ART
FLAVOR WEST
- Wine Champagne
I tested this at 5%. This has a really light crisp fruitiness to it. VERY light! There is some sweetness there. Freshly mixed, I don't get wine or fizz. After a week, I do get light fizz but, for me, it is a bit flat with no wine flavor. No top notes at all. Very little flavor. Simply a very light, crisp fruitiness with a very, very light perception of carbonation. It does have texture so would contribute to a thicker mouthfeel. At 2% in a mix, it will give a mild perception of effervescence with no added flavors.
After a bit of a steep, FA Wine Champagne does mimic tonic water. 1.5% in a Gin & Tonic mix will be your tonic.
REAL FLAVORS
- Pink Champagne
I tested this at 6% and steeped it for a week. It is the sweetest of the champagnes – close to the sweetness in FA Wine Champagne and lacks the sour note of the TFA Champagne. I pick up a light berry note – it tastes like raspberry to me. Some say grape, but I taste raspberry. Of the three, this gives the strongest perception of carbonation. At 2% in a mix, the perception of effervescence comes through. IMO, FW Pink Champagne is the winner if fizzy if the profile you are going for. Oh, and there is texture for thicker mouthfeel.
TFA
- Soda Base SC
Tested at 2.5% and steeped for a week. The first thing I taste is candy-like sweetness – lots of sweetness. I do get a nice perception of effervescence with this, so that is a plus. The champagnes all seem to dilute grapefruit flavors so this might be the best choice for adding the perception of effervescence to a grapefruit mix. At 2% in a soda or fruit mix, this should give a nice pop of fizzy. A definite texture in this one so would add a thicker mouthfeel to a mix.
- Champagne
I tested this at 6% and let it steep for a week. It is a little bit sweet and a touch sour. Flat champagne flavor. No fizz at all. There isn't much flavor at all. No wine, no fizzy champagne sparkle. The only thing I pick up is a very weak sweet/sour white grape. I can't see this adding anything at all to a mix beyond some texture. If you do mix with this, I see it in fruit mixes at a high percentage to get any perception of effervescence and other flavors will probably overpower the slight sourness of this flavor. This would be my last choice for adding fizz to a mix.
vape TRAIN
- Blood Orange Champagne
Tested at 4% and steeped for a week. The first thing I taste is artificial orange flavor. The blood orange is candy-like and sweet. There is no tart citrus you would get from the actual fruit. The perception of effervescence is right up there with FW Pink Champagne. They got the champagne fizzy sparkle down. Why ruin that fizzy sparkle with that artificial blood orange though? For me, the sweet orange weighs down the fizzy sparkle but it does come through at 4%. I don't think you will be able to mix around the sweet orange so I see this in a Mimosa or other cocktail. It doesn't have the thicker mouthfeel of the other fizzie flavors so this won't give you much texture or mouthfeel. It is boozier than the other champagnes tested but getting around that sweet orange will be a real challenge.
