Posted on 09/17/2024 4:50:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Blasphemy, I thought. There it was, a prepackaged mojito in a grocery store. This was about a decade ago. Still, I was curious to try it, because a canned cocktail that was actually good? That could be a gateway to converting pedestrian drinkers into cocktail nerds. Sadly, there was no craft in that canned mojito. No love. It confirmed my conviction that quality drinks must be mixed, not mass-produced.
Recently, however, I popped open a daiquiri from Tip Top, an Atlanta-based company specializing in classic cocktails served in Lilliputian cans. It was, shockingly, sublime. The simple yet difficult-to-balance daiquiri is often considered a litmus test to separate ordinary bartenders from great ones. The fact that a version that stellar came from a can was revelatory. Ready-to-drink cocktails—or RTDs, as the industry calls them—are no longer what they used to be. As demand surged during the pandemic, more serious bartenders and distilleries began producing them using real spirits instead of industrial malt alcohol or vodka. Now we’re living in a golden age of the canned cocktail.
(Excerpt) Read more at esquire.com ...
Bartles and James anyone?
I like the Tip Top beverages. Their Old Fashioned isn’t exactly how it should be, but for taking on a camping trip, it’s really good.
Drinkworks Home Bar by Keurig.
I love this thing for Manhattan's. Delish and I don't have mess with mixing.
That’s cool
Technically they are mixed drinks. Cocktails are all liquor. No mixers. That being said I’ve never had one that was very good except for Chi Chi’s who puts out a decent Mexican mudslide.
This I want to read. I’ve never tried one, but some look good.
I found Parrot Bay were pretty good but then they seemed to disappear form the stores.
http://creativeenergymakestheworldgoaround.blogspot.com/2013/08/parrot-bay-cocktails.html
The “Slow and Low” product line from Hochstadter’s is about as good as I’ve found; they’ve been doing pre-mixed cocktails long enough to get it right.
You stock it with up to four liquors and it comes with mixer pods. That's all I know about it.
-PJ
Hmmmm....
I’ll have to check into it.
I like that I get to choose the booze I want
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