by Michael Cervin | Mar 21, 2024 | Cocktail RTD
As canned cocktails go, the margarita is probably the most ubiquitous. It’s an easy cocktail to can and put on the shelf for summer parties, and often the quality matters little – it just has to taste like a margarita. And in that regard, this celebrity backed... 
by Rich Cook | Mar 14, 2024 | Cocktail RTD
This is easily the best canned cocktail I’ve tried to date. It’s a proper Margarita, which in practice means it’s meant to be served over ice in a salt rimmed glass. Straight out of the can, it’s a little sweet and edgy, but pouring over ice (as instructed on the can... 
by Michael Cervin | Feb 28, 2024 | Cocktail RTD
“The Perfect Cosmo” By SJP (Sarah Jessica Parker, co-founder of Thomas Ashbourne) is one of the better celebrity driven canned cocktails to come from this line. Though it is a fairly simplistic take on the classic Cosmopolitan cocktail, it is reasonably balanced.... 
by Michael Cervin | Feb 7, 2024 | Cocktail RTD
A creamy concoction that twists the classic White Russian cocktail by using vodka and rum and oat milk instead of Bailey Irish Cream. This makes for a fairly well balanced ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail. The addition of the rum is the most noticeable aspect of this,... 
by Michael Cervin | Jan 22, 2024 | Cocktail RTD, Uncategorized
Thomas Ashbourne produces a line of celebrity ready to drink (RTD) canned cocktails. Their Hardscatto is a riff on bubbly Muscat with vodka and “natural flavors.” Though the spritzy bubbles are mild but nice, the drink itself is overtly sweet and one-dimensional. Why... 
by Rich Cook | Nov 29, 2023 | Cocktail RTD
Here’s my first taste of a new line of products from my neighborhood in San Diego. The base is a proprietary alcohol called “Spirit of Kove” that is a fermented non-tea (think herbal tea) and sugar blend. This iteration includes peach, pomegranate and lemon juices,...
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