Review: Ashland Coconut Pineapple Hard Seltzer
Ashland Coconut Pineapple is one of eight Limited Release hard seltzers crafted by Ashland in San Diego California. They also produce two four flavor 12 can variety packs. Ashland recently announced the launch of a Hard Seltzer Lemonade variety pack. Josh Landon Co-Founded Ashland with several Sports, and Entertainment Celebrities January 2020. Josh Co-Founded Saint Archer Brewing Company April 2013 in San Diego. They sold the brewery two years later to MillerCoors for a reported $70 million. It’s easy to see why so many celebrities were excited to partner with Josh in launching the Ashland brand. Ashland is currently sold in California, Arizona, and through a couple online retailers. Read more 
Review: 4 Hands Tigers Blood Hard Seltzer
4 Hands Tigers Blood Hard Seltzer was introduced in April as a Limited release hard seltzer. It is sold in individual flavor four packs of 16 ounce cans. Tigers Blood is actually a very popular flavor of snow cone and shave ice. The origin dates back to the 1940’s at a shave ice stand in Hawaii. Tigers Blood is one of four snow cone inspired hard seltzers 4 Hand Brewing Co. has created. Hawaiian Shave Ice currently sells over 90 flavors so there is plenty of additional flavors to choose from. Read more
Review: Hiatus Tequila Blanco
Hiatus Tequila Blanco was launched in the US December 2018 by Founder and CEO Kristopher DeSoto. He worked with Master Distiller Luis Trejo Rodriquez and the third generation family distillery La Cofradia in creating the tequila. It is crafted with 100% blue weber agave estate grown in the tequila valley. Once hand selected the agave is trimmed and baked in traditional stone ovens for 36-40 hours under constant steam pressure. Once the steam is turned off the agave remains sealed in the oven for another 6-8 hours. Once cooled the pinas are crushed with custom made screw press extractors to release the juice. At this point most agave is shredded with the agave fibers leaving bitter flavors. Ambient yeasts native to the distillery are used in the 4-6 day steel tank fermentation process. The spirit is double distilled in stainless steel pot stills with copper coils. From there the tequila is filtered through micro-cellulose fibers and carbon filters and then oxygenated for 24 hours prior to bottling. Read more
Review: 4 Hands Orange Seltzerade Hard Seltzer
4 Hands Orange Seltzerade was released in May as a Limited Release hard seltzer. Orange Seltzerade is the second in their series of electrolytes added hard seltzers. Their Lemon-Lime flavored 4 Hands Seltzerade was released in February. While Lemon-Lime was the Original flavor of Gatorade, and it is still their best selling flavor, Gatorade Orange is one of their 3 most popular flavors. 4 Hands Orange Seltzerade is sold in individual flavor 16 ounce 4 packs. Read more
Review: High Wire Hometown Vodka
High Wire Hometown Vodka is crafted with 100% locally grown corn. It is small batch distilled over 7 times on a hand hammered German built custom Carl copper still, and charcoal filtered prior to hand bottling. High Time Distilling Co. was opened by husband and wife team Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall September 2013 in a rustic 6000 square foot warehouse in downtown Charleston South Carolina. It was the first legal distillery since Prohibition in Charleston. High Wire has since expanded to a 43,000 square foot facility. Only about half of the space is currently being used, but it does leave room for future expansion. High Wire Distilling Co. also crafts Hat Trick Gin, Jimmy Red Straight Bourbon, Southern Revival Rye, and Southern Amaro. Read more
Review: 4 Hands Rainbow Snow Cone Hard Seltzer
4 Hands Rainbow Snow Cone Hard Seltzer was recently released. It is the fourth in their series of snow cone inspired hard seltzers. Sales will benefit the important work of PROMO Missouri, a statewide organization that confronts systematic inequities to liberate the full spectrum of the LGBTYQ+ community from discrimination and oppression. Rainbow Snow Cone is sold in individual flavor 16 ounce four packs. It is one of seven Limited Release hard seltzers 4 Hands Brewing Co. crafts in St Louis Missouri. Read more
Review: Los Dos Blanco Tequila
Los Dos Blanco Tequila is crafted from 100% blue agave estate grown on La Poblada Ranch in Arandas Jalisco. Sergio Vivanco and his brothers have been growing agaves and distilling at El Ranchito for five generations. Master Distiller Sergio Cruz spent 2 years developing Los Dos. The trimmed agave is slow cooked in brick ovens for 36 hours and then rested for 24 hours. The juice is extracted in a roller mill and fermented in stainless steel tanks with Champaign yeast. The spirit is small batch double distilled in copper pot stills and brought to proof with pure water drawn from a 120 meter deep well. Los Dos is bottled on site, then signed and batch numbered, with no additives. Many tequilas are made with sugary syrups, coloring, and glycerin. We are reviewing Batch 2. Read more
Review: Maui Hard Seltzer Mix Pack
Maui Hard Seltzer was first released January 2020 by Maui Brewing Company, the largest craft brewery in Hawaii. The Maui Brewing Company was opened by Founder and CEO Garrett Marrero January 2005. They produce over a dozen beers including 8 year round beers. That list includes Bikini Blonde Lager, Big Swell IPA, Pineapple Mana Wheat, Coconut Hiwa Porter, and Pau Hana Pilsner. Maui Hard Seltzer was exclusively made in Hawaii until recently, when to meet demand they partnered with Sleeping Giant Brewing Company in Denver Colorado to produce and can the same recipe Maui Hard Seltzer sold in the mainland. Maui Hard Seltzer is still produced in Hawaii to meet demand in Hawaii. Maui Hard Seltzer is sold in individual flavor packs and a 4 flavor 12 can mix pack. Read more
Review: Ciroc Passion Vodka
Diageo and Sean Diddy Combs have just released Ciroc Passion vodka. My first thought was this is a passion fruit flavored vodka but since the bottle reads, “an exotic blend of the tropics” it may be a blend of flavors including passion fruit. Several passion fruit flavored vodka’s have been released. Only a couple remain on the market today. We have reviewed passion fruit flavored vodkas made by Smirnoff, 42 Below, Skyy, Opulent and New Amsterdam. Absolut released a Passion Fruit vodka but I have never seen it in the US. Only Smirnoff, New Amsterdam, and Seacrets, a small distillery in Ocean City Maryland currently produce a passion fruit flavored vodka. Like all of the Ciroc flavored vodkas, Passion is made from the original Ciroc vodka base. This base is crafted from a blend of Ugni Blanc and Mauzac Blanc grapes. The juice is made into a wine. It actually takes 4 bottles of wine to make 1 bottle of Ciroc. The wine is distilled four times in a stainless column still. A fifth distillation follows in a traditional custom copper pot still at Maison Villevert Distillery by Master Distiller Jean-Sebastien Robicquet, at his family owned 500 year old distillery in the South of France. Natural flavors are blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Ashland Seltzer Rainbow Sherbet
Ashland Seltzer Rainbow Sherbet is a Limited Release seltzer introduced in May 2022. It is the Official Hard Seltzer of San Diego Pride. Ashland seltzer’s are currently sold in Arizona and California and through several online sources. Like the other Ashland flavors, Rainbow Sherbet is made from an alcohol base of fermented dextrose, with carbonated water from alkaline water, yeast, and organic natural flavors. It is sold in individual flavor six packs. The flavor profile hints at raspberry, lime, and orange sherbet flavor with the color palate of the can. Read more