VinePair

JUNE 4, 2024

Drinkers fetishize crisp pilsners topped with foamy poofs, while hard seltzers still bubble across a $3 billion landscape. Seeking new audiences, companies are packaging hard teas, alcoholic refreshers, and fruit-infused vodka waters that deliver flavor, not fizz, making for smoother drinking. The latest trend might not be bubbling up.

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Vodka IPA Alcohol Zero-Proof 111

Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Modeled after a 1920s train car, Platform 18 serves cocktails like The Gibson Girl (gin or vodka, dry vermouth, sake, orange bitters, and lemon oil) and 54th Street Club (popcorn-infused reposado tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, togarashi, and pandan). UnderTow is a tiki bar with tropical drinks.

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Highball Happy Hour Pilsner Infusions 223

VinePair

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While some of these revamped classics on bar menus undoubtedly pull it off, like Superbuenos Vodka y Soda , most are overwrought. Innovation In Beer and Flavored Malt Beverages (FMBs) From hazy IPAs and bizarre adjuncts to pastry stouts and fruited slushie sours, theres always been innovation in craft beer.

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Highball Beer Craft Beer Wine 94

VinePair

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For years the company has offered spirits in just about every major category, whether vodka , tequila , spiced rum , Canadian whisky (thought to be sourced from Crown Royal ), bourbon (always Barton 1792), Tennessee whiskey, or various Scotches from just about every major region (sometimes labeled as The Macallan , often undisclosed).

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Stout Beer Craft Beer Pilsner 122