Articles Tagged with ''Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Cocktails''

This Memorial Day past weekend, consumers kicked off the unofficial start of summer with a more diverse selection of food and beverage options. Although beer and hot dogs remain staple menu options for the summer, emerging options likely are to join them on the menu, according to New York-based Nielsen’s recent Insights titled “This Memorial Day, American Will Substitute Summer CPG Staples for Alternatives.”

Atlanta-based Post Meridiem aims to disrupt the ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail market with a bar-quality experience.

Jack Daniel's Country Cocktails (JDCC), Lynchburg, Tenn., announced the launch of its newest flavor: Southern Citrus. The new Southern Citrus will hit shelves across the United States this month.

Titan Craft Cocktails launched its self-titled line of ready-to-drink (RTD) craft cocktails: the Old Fashioned, the Negroni and the Boulevardier. 

Two Brothers Brewing Co. launched a new line of canned vodka sodas in three flavors: Blackberry Lime, Mango Pineapple and Meyer Lemon.

Chicago-based MillerCoors launched its newest innovation: Cape Line Sparkling Cocktails. Crafted with six ingredients — carbonated water, alcohol from real cane sugar, real cane sugar, lemon and/or lime juice concentrate, natural flavors, and fruit juice added for color — Cape Line Sparkling Cocktails is naturally gluten-free and contains 120 calories with an alcohol by volume of 4.5 percent.

Kinky, a brand of Prestige Beverage Group, added a new flavor to its Kinky Cocktails lineup: Aloha.

Kinky, a brand of Mendota, Minn.-based Prestige Beverage Group, added a new flavor to its Kinky Cocktails lineup: Aloha. Aloha is infused with the tropical flavors of pineapple, coconut and lime, the company says.

As part of the continued innovation from St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, the beer-maker launched Ritas, originally marketed as Bud Light Lime Lime-A-Rita, in 2012. Ritas is the first brand in the Anheuser-Busch InBev portfolio to explicitly target women and last year introduced "The Ritas," legendary women who take a "life's-a-party attitude in every situation,” according to the company.

Virtue Cider launched Mezzo Spritz Blood Orange, a classic Italian cocktail with an American twist, it says.