Review: Nutrl Lemonade Variety Pack
The Nutrl Lemonade Variety Pack is now available. This is the follow up to the Nutrl Real Fruit Variety Pack. It is sold by Anheuser Busch in a four flavor 8 can pack. Each 12 oz. slim can weighs in with 100 calories and 4.5% alcohol. Unlike the other hard lemonade seltzers on the market today Nutrl Lemonade is made from a vodka base instead of a sugar alcohol base. Real fruit juice, sparkling water, and natural flavors complete the ingredient list. Read more 
Review: The Butterfly Cannon Silver Cristalino Tequila
The Butterfly Cannon Silver Cristalino Tequila was created by the team at Biggar & Leith, owned by Mark Teasdale and the Founder of Malfy Gin, Elwyn Gladstone. It was launched in the UK September 2021 and was recently released in the US. This is one of three tequila’s in The Butterfly Cannon family of tequilas. The others include Blue, a silver tequila infused with prickly pear, and clementine with a natural blue color, and Rosa, a silver tequila infused with Mexican Pink Grapefruit Peel. Butterfly Cannon is named for the migration Monarch Butterflies take traveling through the US via Texas and into Northern Mexico where they winter in trees for around 5 months. It is one of over 150 brands of tequila produced at Destilador del Valle de Tequila. Some of the other tequilas crafted here include Cincoro, Sparkle Donkey, Siempre, Hussong’s, and Casa Maestri. The hand harvested 100% agave is grown for 7-8 years and baked in traditional steam ovens. Once distilled the tequila rests for 30 days in American oak barrels before being charcoal filtered. A portion of their profits help support butterfly conservation across the US and Mexico. Read more
Review: Corona Hard Seltzer Berry Mix Pack
Corona launched their Corona Hard Seltzer March 2020. They followed that up with a second 4 flavor 12 can variety pack March 2021. Since then they have released Corona Limonada Hard Seltzer. They recently updated their Variety Pack 1 and 2. The newly minted mix packs include 6 new flavors. Only Raspberry and Blackberry Lime remain from their original eight flavors. While the original eight flavors weighed in with 90 calories and 0 sugar and 0 carbs, the six new editions contain 100 calories with 2-3 sugar grams and carbs. Read more
Review: Truly Wild Berry Vodka
Truly Wild Berry is one of three vodka’s developed in a collaboration between Truly’s parent company, Boston Beer Works, and Beam Suntory. The others include Strawberry Lemonade, and Pineapple Mango. These three blends are among Truly’s most popular hard seltzer flavors. The vodka is made from 100% corn, and is triple distilled. Truly is blended and bottled at the same Frankfort Kentucky distillery Pinnacle is produced. Natural flavors, certified colors, and unlike Truly Hard Seltzer, 5% real juice is blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Chido
Chido was founded in 2020 by two best friends in search of a permanent vacation. Their love for tequila and good vibes was so strong they decided to bottle it up. It is currently sold in seven states including Wisconsin, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia, and Colorado. Chido is also available via their www.drinkchido.com website. Chido is made from premium blanco tequila, sparkling water and natural flavors. Chido is sold in 4 can individual flavor packs and recently they introduced a 4 flavor 8 can variety pack. The four flavor variety pack includes 2 cans each of Pink Paloma, Strawberry Sunset, Spicy Watermelon, and Mango Mood. Their other flavors include Sea Salt Margarita and Pumpkin Spice Latte. Each 12 ounce thin can weighs in with 5% alcohol and 120 calories. Read more
Review: Ellum Ranch Patio Water
Ellum Ranch Patio Water is a hard seltzer just released by Deep Ellum Brewing Company in Dallas Texas. Deep Ellum was the first craft brewery in Dallas when they opened in 2011. They currently craft 9 year round beers and several seasonal brews. This is their “City Slicker” take on the ever popular Texas Ranch Water. The original Texas Ranch Water recipe is made with tequila, Topo Chico, and lime juice. Unlike the other ranch water hard seltzers on the market today Ellum Ranch does not contain any tequila or agave syrup. Deep Ellum is made from a cane sugar alcohol base with real lime juice, salt, and electrolytes. This is not the first hard seltzer Deep Ellum has produced. They launched Blind Lemon in 2019 and followed that with a Blind Lemon Variety pack that included Blind Lime, Peach, and Berry. Each 12 ounce can weighs in with 4.5% alcohol, 100 calories and 3% lime juice. Read more
Review: High Rock Vodka
High Rock Vodka was created by Dale Jr. and Amy Earnhardt in collaboration with Sugarlands Distilling Company. High Rock was launched February in Florida, and will be available nationwide in April. It is made from 100% corn and crisp clean water from the Great Smoky Mountains at Sugarlands distillery in Gatlinburg Tennessee. The spirit is distilled seven times and then triple filtered using the Lincoln County process which uses sugar maple charcoal to remove impurities. It is bottled at a very significant 88 proof. Dale won his second Daytona 500 while driving the 88 car. 88 was also the number of the car his grandfather Ralph drove for years. While most straight vodka is bottled at 80 proof High Rock is not alone. New Deal, Gilded Age, and Harridan Vodka are also bottled at 88 proof. Read more
Review: White Claw Hard Seltzer Surf Variety Pack
Mark Anthony Brands has just released another hard seltzer variety pack. While my first thought is this must be White Claw’s fourth standard hard seltzer variety pack. I feel there must be a reason this is not named White Claw Variety Pack 4. White Claw has not yet had a press release so I’m a little curious what awaits me with White Claw Surf. White Claw also produces the higher octane White Claw Hard Seltzer Surge, and White Claw Hard Seltzer Iced Tea variety packs. If you are wondering why they haven’t released a hard seltzer lemonade, they have. They just piggybacked on the worlds most famous hard lemonade product brand with their Mikes Hard Lemonade Seltzer. Read more
Review: Lost Irish Irish Whiskey
Lost Irish Irish Whiskey was released November 2021. With St. Patrick’s Day 8 days away we thought it was time to select an Irish Whiskey to review. If your liquor store carries Lost Irish, chances are the glass embossed “Lost Irish” on the bottle will stand out on their shelf. It will also look good resting on the back of your bar. Lost Irish was founded by childhood friends from Termonfeckin Ireland, Neil Sands and Tim Herlihy in partnership with Casa Lumbre. Casa Lumbre is a global spirits company that develops products and incubates premium spirits. Lost Irish is named for the 70 million Irish now living on six continents throughout the world. The sourced whiskey is triple distilled, and is a blend of all three styles of Irish Whiskey, including Grain, Malt, and Pot Still. The whiskey is finished in 7 casks from 6 continents including, South African Brandy Casks, Japanese Mizunara Oak, European Sherry Casks, US Bourbon Barrels, Caribbean Rum Casks, Australian Tawny Casks, and Columbian Rum Casks. To say this is a unique Irish Whiskey is an understatement. Lost Irish was initially released in Illinois, New York, California, and Texas. Additional distribution will follow. Read more
Review: Corona Hard Seltzer Seltzerita
Corona Hard Seltzer Seltzerita was just released in a four flavor 12 can variety pack. Seltzerita is also sold in a 7 oz. 12 bottle variety pack. Seltzerita joins a long list of seltzers made with either agave syrup, or tequila. Seltzerita is made from a cane sugar alcohol base with agave syrup, natural flavors, Mexican lime juice concentrate, cane sugar, and salt. Each 12 ounce can weighs in with 6% alcohol, 130 calories, and 1% juice. This has been a busy month for the Constellation Brands Beer Division as they also completely revamped their original hard seltzer product line, introduced Modelo Ranch Water, and launched Modelo Chelada Naranja Picosa. Read more