Truly the Drink of Gods.

"Punchy" recently welcomed Island Citrus Guava, a new flavor, to the Hawaiian Punch flavor family. While, not as good as the original (Fruit Juicy Red) I would still go as far to say, it's pretty dang ol' good. I know what you're thinking, Isn't this the some ought sixth Hawaiian Punch flavor? Yes, that may be true but Island Citrus Guava isn't like those other crap flavors, let me tell you.

As I'm sure you know, all HP flavors consist of 7 tropical fruits blended together. The first thing you encounter with ICG is the first four backbone flavors from the original FJR (Pineapple, Orange, Passionfruit and Apple) you know that typical fruitpunch flavor and this makes for a reassuring "hey this is Hawaiian Punch" feeling, that the "other" HP flavors fail to deliver. After this traditional opening, however, is where ICG really defines itself. For the last three flavors, there is a suprise, there are really four. That's right you heard me correctly, there's Eight flavors blended perfectly. The last four being: Apricot, Papaya, Gauva and the kicker Lime juice. These last four flavors come together in an interesting, conflicting way, the effect being sort of like a Grapefruit Gauva hybrid taste that is very sweet, but not really. It's actually rather hard to descibe, being so complex; yet interesting how the eight juices somehow come together to create a distict two part flavor.

So, in conclusion, when the two parts combine, it creates an overall taste that can only be described as some sort of wedding punch, minus the gingerale. All and all I give this cookey HP Blend a 4 out of 5.

However, I can see how many could dismiss this drink as being too sweet, or probably more commonly as being too complex or "too fruity", without truly savoring it.