The folks at Twisted Tea use brewed black tea as the main ingredient. ... To give you a bit of background, the average alcohol content for a beer is between 5–6 percent.

As noted in its name, the Extreme Lemon flavor comes from Twisted Tea's "Extreme" line — tall boys with 8% ABV, thanks to an extra punch of the brand's specially brewed malt-based alcohol.

Twisted Tea has enjoyed more than two decades of growth without meaningful competition since Boston Beer, the $4.1 billion (market cap) parent company of Samuel Adams, launched it in 2001.

That doesn't mean I wasn't on board, just that it seemed destined to recede after a big 2023 push that made Twisted Tea the White Claw of its field, chased by competitors.