A Liquid Death flavors taste test sounds hardcore. It sounds like I’m chugging some sort of caffeinated, spiked battery acid that comes in a can shaped like a grenade. But in reality, it was one of the more pleasant, hydrating taste tests I’ve done in my time at Sporked.
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Liquid Death, if you weren’t aware, is primarily a brand of canned water (though they now make iced teas). The packaging has set them apart from the other canned waters on the market, though. While other water brands feature cool streams or snow-capped mountains on the label, Liquid Death has a skull that would be perfectly at home emblazoned on the leather jacket of a Hell’s Angel. It’s water you can drink at an Iron Maiden show. And it comes in many flavors, all with totally metal names like Severed Lime and Mango Chainsaw.
I tried all the Liquid Death flavors and now I’m here to rank them, so you can look metal as heck while drinking the best Liquid Death flavor for your taste.
- Armless Palmer
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One of the newest additions to the line up of Liquid Death flavors, Armless Palmer is a take on an Arnold Palmer. It’s a good pun. No arguing there. That’s not why it’s at the bottom of the list. It’s here because it needs more acidity and less artificial sweetener. While the tea flavor is nice, there’s no real lemonade flavor. It just tastes like fake lemon and fake sugar.
Related: 7 Best Iced Teas
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- Rest in Peach
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This sparkling water tastes like peach rings—but not quite as sweet. That might sound good to you. Writing it now, it even sounds good to me. But it is just a little weird and not super refreshing. Maybe if you squeeze a little lemon into the can it would freshen it up and give it the bite I was looking for. But, as it stands, it’s just a little too much of a candy flavor for me.
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- Sparkling Water
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Liquid Death sparkling water is a decent sparkling water. A few of the other Liquid Death sparkling water reviews mentioned using this as a base to create your own flavored water, and I think that’s the way to go. On its own, it tastes a little too much like the can. But the bubble quality is very nice—they’re small and spritzy—and it’s neutral enough that you can add a dash of pomegranate juice or a squeeze of grapefruit juice and create something really good.
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- Berry It Alive
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Out of all the Liquid Death water flavors, this was the sweetest. So, if you’re looking for sparkling water that tastes like a fruit snack, this is the best Liquid Death flavor for you. It’s a bright flavor—like Annie’s Berry Patch Bunny Fruit Snacks, to be precise—but it’s too much for me to drink an entire can.
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- Mango Chainsaw
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I’m pretty sure Mango Chainsaw is not a pun. It’s just a cool a$$ thing to name a sparkling water. It’s extremely tropical. It almost tastes like a mix of mango and coconut—though there’s no mention of coconut on the label. It definitely has a sweetness (it’s sweetened with agave nectar) but it’s not too sweet. And it has that slightly funky mango quality that keeps you coming back for another sip to try and figure out exactly what you just tasted.
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- Mountain Water
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Liquid Death Mountain Water is crisp and refreshing and much more thirst quenching than the Liquid Death sparkling water. There’s a touch of sweetness on the finish, which helps combat the can flavor. It’s a good canned water to chug when you need to hydrate, simple as that.
Related: 6 Best Bottled Waters to Buy
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- Severed Lime
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The Liquid Death Severed Lime has a very, very limey smell. But the flavor is fairly mild. It has a touch of sweetness (agave syrup again), which makes it very easy to gulp down. It’s a great alternative to citrus soda or a more flavorful substitute for other flavored sparkling waters made with zero sweeteners.
Related: Best LaCroix Flavors, Ranked
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- Grim Leafer
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Yes, the best Liquid Death flavor isn’t one of the Liquid Death sparkling water flavors. It’s tea! The brand’s new sweet tea is flavored with agave and infused with B vitamins. And it tastes great. It’s a little like Nestea but better or like Arizona Iced Tea’s grown-up cousin—a higher quality thanks to the choice of sweetener. Shockingly, it’s just 30 calories per can—and the cans are big. This is my new favorite iced tea to buy, and while it’s not water, it’s the highlight of all the Liquid Death flavors.
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Armless Palmer
Rest in Peach
Sparkling Water
Berry It Alive
Mango Chainsaw
Mountain Water
Severed Lime
Grim Leafer