Review: Ashland Ginger Peach Hard Seltzer
Ashland Ginger Peach Hard Seltzer is one of three limited release hard seltzers in the Ashland product line. The others include Orange Pineapple, and Malbon Fruit Punch. A fourth Bellinger Bomb was just released. Before Gordon Ramsay launched Hell’s Seltzer, Travis Scott partnered with A-B to create Cacti, Luke Bryan introduced Two Lane, and Blake Shelton launched Smithworks, Josh Landan partnered with several Sports and Entertainment stars to create Ashland, the first celebrity owned hard seltzer brand. Those celebrities include Jared Goff, Cody Bellinger and Country Music Singer Chris Lane. Each Ashland Hard Seltzer flavor is made from a dextrose alcohol base, with alkaline water, natural flavors and organic fruit essence. Read more 
Review: Ashland Hard Seltzer Tropical Variety Pack
Ashland Hard Seltzer is currently available in two 12 can variety packs. The previously reviewed Original orange colored 12 pack and this blue colored 12 pack identified as the Ashland Hard Seltzer Tropical variety pack. Ashland was launched by Josh Landon, who partnered with several Sports, Entertainment, and Social Media Celebrities January 2020. Josh Landon Co-Founded Saint Archer Brewing Company in San Diego, April 2013 with several skateboarding friends. They sold the brewery two years later to MillerCoors for a reported $70 million dollars. In addition to launching the Ashland Hard Seltzer brand Josh established Harland Brewing Company in 2018. Ashland Hard Seltzer is produced at Mission Brewery in San Diego’s East Village from a fermented sugar base with alkaline carbonated water, and organic fruit essence. Ashland Hard Seltzer is currently only available for sale in California. Read more
Review: Coronado Hard Seltzer
Coronado Hard Seltzer was released January 2021 and is currently available in a 3 flavor 12 can variety pack. It is made by Coronado Brewing Company in Coronado California. Brothers Ron and Rick Chapman opened their brewpub on Coronado Island across the San Diego bay from Downtown San Diego in 1996. Today their beer is available from coast to coast. Some of their craft beers include Mango Farm Hazy IPA. Pineapple Farm IPA, Orange Avenue Shandy, Orange Ave. Wit, Berried at Sea, Leisure Lagoon, Never Better DIPA, Weekend Vibes IPA, Mermaids Red, and Islander IPA. Coronado Hard Seltzer is made with filtered water, dextrose, crystallized fruit powder and fruit flavors, but what sets them apart from the other hard seltzer brands is each flavor is also made with hops. Coronado was not the first hard seltzer made with hops, I believe that honor goes to Fulton Beer of Minneapolis with their Hopped Hard Seltzer, released January 2020, but I believe Coronado Brewing Company is the first to release an entire variety pack of hard seltzer made with hops. Read more
Review: Ficks Hard Seltzer
Ficks Hard Seltzer was created by two college roommates on a mission to cut sugar from their cocktails without compromising flavor. First the two had to earn enough money to launch their company. Ron Alvarado worked in private equity and Mike Williamson in investment banking. In 2016 they launched their line of all natural low calorie and low sugar cocktail mixers. In February 2018 they released Ficks Hard Seltzer. Ficks is made from a cold fermented sucrose alcohol base. This base is made from fresh cold pressed orange juice that ferments for 2-3 weeks until no sugar is left. At that time the 15% alcohol base is blended with sparkling water, real juice and natural flavors. Ficks is sold in individual flavor packs and also a four flavor, 12 can variety pack. The original four flavors were Lime, Cranberry, Blackberry, and Grapefruit. They have since replaced Lime with Mango. The Limes are sourced from Mexico, the Cranberries and Blackberries are grown in Washington and Oregon, the Grapefruits called Texas and California home, and finally after testing several different Mango varieties from several different regions they selected Mangos grown in Ecuador. We will be giving you our thoughts on all five flavors. Read more
Review: Soma Hard Seltzer
Soma Hard Seltzer was released exclusively in Northern California June 2020. It is now available in the 32 states 21st Amendment distributes. It is made with purified water, Champagne yeast, alcohol from dextrose, and natural flavors sourced from Virginia Dare, a Brooklyn New York flavor extract company that opened in 1923. Soma is named for the South of Market District in San Francisco, home of the 21st Amendment Brewery’s 2nd Street Brewpub. 21st Amendment was opened in 2000 by Co-Founders Nico Freccia and Shaun O’Sullivan. Shaun is also the master brewer. 21st Amendment Brewery is best known for their fruit flavored beers including Hell or High Watermelon, Hell or High Pomegranate, Hell or High Water Mango, Moon Boots Strawberry IPA, and Brew Free of Die Blood Orange IPA. For six months they brewed small batches to get the flavors correct. Soma Hard Seltzer is currently available in a four flavor 12 can variety pack. The current lineup includes, Watermelon, Mango, Black Cherry, and Guava Passion Fruit. Each 12 ounce can weighs in with 4.6% alcohol, 100 calories, 2 Carbs, and 0 sugar grams. Read more
Review: Ashland Hard Seltzer
Ashland Hard Seltzer was launched January 2020 by Josh Landan and several celebrity sports and entertainment stars including LA Rams QB Jared Goff, LA Dodger Cody Bellinger, Motor Cross driver Jeremy McGrath, Country Music Singer Chris Lane, and several skateboard and surfing stars. Josh Landan Co-Founded Saint Archer Brewing Company in San Diego April 2013 with several of his boarding friends. They sold the brewery to MillerCoors in 2015. Missing the brewing industry Josh established Harland Brewing Company in 2018. Ashland operates out of a 20,000 square foot warehouse in downtown San Diego. We are reviewing their first four flavors including Tangerine, Lime, Pineapple, and Blackberry Lemonade. They are sold in a 12 can variety pack. A second 12 can variety pack includes Mango Strawberry, Watermelon, Tropical Cherry, and Raspberry Lemonade. Ashland Hard Seltzer also brews two Limited Release flavors Orange Pineapple, and Malbon Fruit Punch. Ashland Hard Seltzer is brewed with alkaline water, yeast and dextrose. Organic natural flavors are added. Each can of Ashland Hard Seltzer weighs in with 99 calories, 5% alcohol, 0 sugar, and 0 carbs. Read more
Review: Golden Road Fruit Cart Hard Seltzer
Golden Road Fruit Cart Hard Seltzer was launched July 2020. It is brewed with a beer base made with dextrose and 2-row malt, and nugget hops at Golden Road Brewing Company in Los Angeles California. Fruit juice and natural flavors are added. The four flavors currently available include, Mango, Watermelon, Cucumber Lime, and Strawberry Pineapple. This is not Golden Road Brewing Company’s first hard seltzer. They released Maha Organic Hard Seltzer April 2020, and Spiked Agua Fresca the summer of 2019. Golden Road Fruit Cart Hard Seltzer appears to be a re-branding of the Spiked Agua Fresca line as the four flavors are the same and Spiked Agua Fresca is no longer present on the Golden Road website. The recipe in some cases has been tweaked as the calorie and carb. count doesn’t exactly match up. Golden Road Brewing was co-founded in 2011 by Meg Gill and Tony Yanow. They started brewing with a 15 bbl brewhouse in the Atwater Village neighborhood. They grew and expanded quickly before Anheuser Busch acquired Golden Road September 2015. At that time Golden Road Brewing Company was the largest craft brewery in Los Angeles, selling 45,000 barrels that year. Each flavor of Gold Road Fruit Cart Hard Seltzer weighs in at 4% alcohol with a calorie count ranging from 98-113 per 12 ounce serving. Read more