![]() ![]() As well as serving up some of VinePair’s favorite hard seltzers, this brand’s cocktail mixers are authentically fruity and not artificially sweet - despite serving just 30 calories per 3-ounce pour. Looking for a low-calorie mixer that doesn’t compromise on flavor? California-based Ficks Beverage Co. Average price: $13 per 33.8-ounce bottle. Seek out the Michelada mix for the premade mixer you never knew you needed. The 1-liter packaging is well suited to batching and serving a large group, but it’s an admittedly hefty amount for the casual weekend imbiber. All the mixers yield quality cocktails that are easy to prepare. Italian San Marzano tomatoes provide a sweet and tangy base for the Michelada mix, while pureed jalapeños add pleasant heat to the Spicy Margarita mix. Each arrives in 1-liter bottles and is made using fresh ingredients. LAVAĬalifornia-based LAVA delivers a range of mixers that are perfect for parties and home entertaining. Average price: $12 per 12.7-ounce bottle. The whiskey sour has racy acidity while the Old Fashioned is bold but balanced. The end profile of each cocktail is lively and concentrated. Using the mixers is straightforward, requiring a simple ratio of mixer added to a base spirit, with the drink then shaken or stirred. The lineup includes classic drinks like the Whiskey Sour and Old Fashioned, as well as spiced and flavored riffs on each cocktail. New York-based Cocktail Crate provides a mainly whiskey-focused line of mixers that arrive in 375-milliliter bottles. If you previously associated frozen cocktails with cloying, artificial-tasting drinks, think again. Adventurous mixologists with a well-stocked bar cart can also use the citrus mix to tackle more esoteric creations, like a frozen Corpse Reviver No. Flavors range from classic cocktails like the Margarita and Piña Colada to wine-focused Frosé, Frosé Blanc, and Frosé Noir. Kelvin Slush Co.įorget buying expensive slushy machines or multiple cocktail ingredients all that’s required to enjoy delicious frozen cocktails at home is a food blender, ice, your preferred base alcohol, and one of Kelvin’s premade mixers. These mixers instead provide fun riffs, with the Strawberry Manhattan the star of the show. This isn’t a bad thing, but it’s worth noting in case you’re looking for “classic” iterations of drinks like the Manhattan or Margarita. In each case, the mixed drinks are fruity and refreshing, though a savory tea note runs throughout. Owl’s Brew recommends a specific spirit for each drink, but also encourages experimentation. In each case, preparation is simple: Combine two parts mixer with one part base spirit and shake with ice until chilled. The brand’s lineup includes options such as Watermelon Margarita, Chai Piña Colada, and Strawberry Manhattan. ![]() Offering an innovative take on the category, New York-based Owl’s Brew produces its mixers using a base of fresh-brewed organic tea. These are the eight best cocktail mixer brands, tasted and ranked. So forget squeezing fresh limes or running out of simple syrup midway through your Daiquiri preparation. The final ranking took into account factors like overall flavor quality, versatility, and ease of use. Having covered them before, we omitted Bloody Mary mixes and ginger beers from the tasting. To come up with this ranking, VinePair tasted dozens of brands to compile the best options on the market. But now, the packaged mixer landscape is brimming with ever more complex possibilities - in terms of flavor rather than preparation - so we embarked on a broader exploration. We were pleasantly surprised by the quality on offer. ![]() In recent years, VinePair has tasted and ranked cocktail-specific categories, like the best Bloody Mary mixers and the best ginger beers for Moscow Mules. The very thought of such products might once have drawn links to cloying, artificial mixers, but that’s no longer the case. And for those wishing to dust off the jigger and shaker, pre-packaged non-alcoholic cocktail mixers present an increasingly attractive option. The range of bartender-quality, ready-to-drink cocktails has never been better. Enjoying a high-quality cocktail at home no longer requires a costly investment in bitters, liqueurs, and obscure base spirits. ![]()
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