Booze

5 Delicious Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Brands for Your DIY Bar

Summer fun wouldn’t be complete without a chilled cocktail in hand. You can look up multiple cooking instructions online from sites like Orangina (https://www.orangina-na.com/recipes/), who not only provide you with recipes but also the base liquid for a lot of your own citrusy cocktails. However, many might still want to enjoy a night out with their friends with a few drinks! But with most of the bars still shuttered (boo), what’s a thirsty person to do?

Enter ready-to-drink cocktails, the hottest new trend in alcoholic amusements.

These delicious libations make everything so easy. No need to raid your local liquor store for 15 different ingredients. Just buy, chill, and cheers to a COVID-free 2021!

Here are five (vegan-friendly) ready to-drink options:

Cutwater Spirits Canned Cocktails

This extensive and mouthwatering selection includes:

  • Tequila Margarita (tequila with lime, orange and triple sec)
  • Vodka Mule (vodka with ginger, bitters and lime)
  • Tiki Rum Mai Tai (Cutwater Barrel Aged Rum, Bali Hai Tiki Gold Rum, pineapple, coconut and citrus)
  • Grapefruit Vodka Soda
  • Lime Vodka Soda
  • Cucumber Vodka Soda
  • Tequila Soda
  • Tequila Paloma (tequila and grapefruit soda)
  • Rum Mint Mojito (muddled mint, lime, cane sugar, white rum and soda water)
  • Spicy Bloody Mary
  • Mild Bloody Mary
  • Gin & Tonic (London Dry Gin with house-made grapefruit and cucumber tonic)
  • Rum & Cola
  • Whiskey Mule (ginger beer, lime, bitters and bourbon)
  • Rum & Ginger
  • Vodka Spritz (vodka, soda water, elderflower and lemon)

Miami Cocktail Co.’s Organic Spritzes

The endlessly refreshing options include:

  • Mango & Peach Rosé Bellini Spritz
  • Sunrise Rosé Sangria Spritz
  • Mandarin Rosé Mimosa Spritz
  • Grapefruit & Hibiscus Paloma Spritz
  • Elderflower & Ginger Margarita Spritz

Joia Spirit Craft Cocktails

These sparkly creations include:

  • Sparkling Vodka Soda Key Lime (vodka with key lime)
  • Sparkling Gimlet (gin with lime, hibiscus and ginger)
  • Sparkling Margarita (tequila with lime juice and triple sec)
  • Sparkling Moscow Mule (vodka with ginger, apricot and lime)
  • Sparkling Greyhound (vodka with grapefruit, chamomile and cardamom)
  • Sparkling Cosmopolitan (vodka with cranberry, pear and lime)

Prairie Organic Sparkling Craft Cocktails

These home-brewed libations include:

  • Cucumber Lemonade
  • Grapefruit
  • Minnesota Bootleg (gin with lemon, lime, and mint)

Vervet

These artisanal concoctions include:

  • Tiki Tea (prickly pear vodka, lime, oolong tea, allspice, ginger, clove and vanilla)
  • Pale Mary (botanical gin and bitters with tomato water, habanero, lemon and sea salt)

Cheers!

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Hannah Sentenac

A wizard of words, lover of all living things and vegan mac 'n cheese master, Hannah is the vegan girl behind bharmless.com. Her writing has appeared in Live Happy magazine, the Miami New Times, OneGreenPlanet.com, MindBodyGreen.com, FoodRevolution.org and numerous other publications and websites. She's obsessed with vegan pizza and crop tops, the holidays, and all things Los Angeles. You can reach Hannah directly at hannah@bharmless.com.

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