Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The best canned cocktails are time savers – not to mention money savers. You don’t need to gather a load of ingredients just to make a single drink, and you can easily please the vodka drinkers, the bourbon drinkers and the non-drinkers without a massive bar investment. However, not all canned drinks are created equal.
Alcohol makers are not required to list their ingredients – so when you pick up a can that purports to be a Manhattan, for example, you have no idea if they’ve actually used whiskey and vermouth or if it’s packed full of manufactured flavorings. Long story short, I’ve tasted a lot of terrible canned cocktails this year— so you don’t have to. Whether you are treating rum drinkers, spritz fans or non-drinkers, I’ve found something for every stocking, packed with real ingredients and good times.
Tracking down the cocktails that use real ingredients shouldn't be a chore. Dio : This brand really has nothing to hide – all the ingredients are listed right on the label, from actual lemon juice concentrate and cane sugar to specialty items like the clover honey and Tahitian Vanilla in the Honey Date Gold Rush and grapefruit juice in the Grapefruit Basil Paloma. While the tagline, “Drink Divinity” is a bold claim, one would expect nothing less from A-list celebrity soiree planner Bronson van Wyck and serial entrepreneur Nick Bradley, both of whom clearly understand that the good life requires gr.