Popular Mechanics - USA (2020-07)

Before

There Was

White Claw,

There Were

Highballs

I

N THE BLAZING SUMMER HEAT, NOTHING

feels quite so refreshing as a sparkling cock-

tail. Bartenders and the spirits industry have

quenched our collective thirst with one fizzy

drink after another, be it a scotch and soda,

Aperol spritz, or most recently a White Claw.

Canned hard seltzer—a low-ABV concoction

of seltzer water, alcohol made from fermented

sugars, and fruit f lavors—became last summer’s

unofficial drink, with sales skyrocketing by more

than 286 percent, to $2.73 billion, from 2018 to

2019. Trendy? Definitely. But new to the drinking
      scene? Not exactly. LA

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TA

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MB

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// BY ADRIENNE DONICA //

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Drinks