It’s about damn time I got to another Bubly review. You know, one of those posts where I write about a specific flavour of Bubly as if you care what I think about one flavour of one brand of sparking water. I’ve already gone over lime, peach, cherry, and watermelon. Now it’s time for me to hit the halfway point by writing about pineapple.
This was one of the first flavours of Bubly I ever had. It was actually the second. I don’t know why I felt the need to say it was one of the first when I know it was second. When I first got into drinking Bubly, it was on a friend’s recommendation. Yes, I wanted some flavoured water with a fizz. But it was a friend who recommended Bubly. It was that same friend who recommended pineapple Bubly.
We had driven to a city about twenty minutes away from our own. Not too far. But we were headed to a marina to check out the fish, the lake, the boats, and all that sort of stuff. On our way out of that lakeside city, we stopped at two places. One was a local sub and taco shop. Weird combo, but good food. The other was a grocery store. He picked up a case of pineapple Bubly. I picked up a different flavour, which I have yet to write about. I drank one of mine. He drank one of his. Then we traded one for one because neither of us had tried the other flavours. And that’s when I had my first pineapple Bubly.
That brings us to today. I’ve got another can of Bubly next to me, ready to drink. The smell upon opening the can isn’t quite as strong as some of the other flavours. It’s still there. I can still easily tell what flavour I’m putting up to my mouth. But it’s not overwhelming. It’s a nice level of smell. It doesn’t linger. You get a whiff of it and then it’s gone. A scent on the wind. Literally on the wind. I’m outside.
The taste is mild. Again, it’s nothing too overwhelming. It tastes close enough to pineapple that, if I was blindfolded and tasting the ten flavours of Bubly, I’d be able to pick this one out from a lineup. And the flavour kind of sticks around. It’s not an aftertaste or anything. If I let the Bubly sit in my mouth, that flavour sticks around the whole time. It doesn’t dissipate like some of the others. That’s pretty good, I’d say. Though, it’s not that first sip of lime, where the taste got stronger. That was strange.
If there’s one issue with Bubly, which is something I’ve noticed through the past couple flavours, it’s that the tall cans have a slightly more can flavour. You can taste the can while drinking it. The pineapple Bubly is in a small can, so I don’t taste that as much. I’m getting a better taste of the Bubly itself. Maybe that’s just me, though. It could be.
Through the entire can of pineapple Bubly, it never really lost its flavour. It was consistent. How it tasted at the beginning was how it tasted at the end. I’m impressed by that. It tasted close enough to pineapple that I don’t have any complaints about it. Bubly isn’t about a strong taste. It’s about having a taste of some sort so that you’re not just drinking plain, sparkling water. The taste is a distraction. It’s a good taste, too.
I need to wrap this up with a Michael Bublé song. Home seems like the right pick for this one. It’s a nice, warm song that feels like you’re getting a hug the whole time. It’s nothing that’s going to rock your world, but it’s a comfort song. Just like pineapple Bubly is in this comfortable place of flavour, with a consistency that’s like a hug for your mouth. Pineapple Bubly tastes like Home.
My current order for flavours is peach, pineapple, watermelon, lime, and cherry.
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