Several months back I received cans of Picnic Brunch, wine-based canned cocktails suitable for, well, brunch: Mimosa and Bloody Mary. Served up in 12-ounce cans for portability, here’s a bit of the details and story behind them (from the earlier post): The Mimosa is 6.9 percent ABV and is made … Continue reading
This is the year for canned cocktails and wines and other “ready-to-drink” alternative alcoholic beverages, it would seem, based on what I’ve received PR about as well as samples in recent months. The latest arrived yesterday from Picnic Brunch: canned Mimosa and Bloody Mary cocktails, new products rolling out from … Continue reading
A bit of a break from beer with another (canned) cocktail which arrived yesterday, Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock and Rye. This is essentially a pre-mixed old fashioned cocktail made with rye whiskey, and I’m always willing to try and write about such things here. Here’s a bit about Slow … Continue reading
Last week I received a four-pack of a decidedly not-beer canned beverage: Fishers Island Lemonade, a lemonade cocktail that hails from Connecticut. Fishers Island was rolling out the spiked drink to media in conjunction with “virtual sips” with founder Bronya Shillo, and accordingly I had a chance to chat with … Continue reading