AriZona Hard Lemon Iced Tea is Hornell Brewing's alcoholic spin on the popular AriZona soft drink range. This is a flavoured malt beverage, not a traditional beer, blending black tea, citrus notes and vodka at 5% ABV.

The drink aims for brewed iced tea authenticity but leans heavily sweet, more akin to lemonade than proper tea. The nose offers sweetness with light bitterness, while the palate reveals an unusual character that reviewers find odd—some detect a meaty quality that sits uneasily alongside the tea-and-lemon promise.

Best suited to brand loyalists seeking AriZona in spiked form. Those expecting craft brewing or genuine tea complexity will be disappointed.