Reviews

Review: Brooklyn Cannery Prebiotic Sodas

Brooklyn Cannery’s Prebiotic Sodas is a new line of low calorie carbonated soft drinks enhanced with prebiotics. The products have no added sugar and several varieties contain added fruit juice. The product line is packaged in 12 ounce cans and there are currently five SKUs.

Review: Leelanau Tea

Leelanau Tea is a line of RTD teas and lemonades that are made with a base of tart cherry juice from cherries grown in Michigan’s Leelanau peninsula. The product line, which launched in 2020 and rebranded in 2021, features five SKUs packaged in 16 ounce glass bottles.

Review: Revive Probiotic Soda

When it was acquired by Peet’s Coffee in 2018, Revive was focused on making refrigerated kombucha in glass bottles. But after releasing a shelf-stable line in 12 oz cans in 2019, the brand has discontinued kombucha altogether. Under its new brand identity of Revive Drinks, the company is looking to reintroduce itself with its debut product: sparkling probiotic sodas, available in Cherry Cola and Root Beer flavors.

Review: Phreshly RTD Cocktails

Phreshly is a two-SKU line of premium RTD cocktails that are marketed as being made with “no BS ingredients.” The products are 6% ABV and the company behind it is proudly black-owned.

Review: Leisure Project

Leisure Project is a new line of non-carbonated beverages that are enhanced with electrolytes, adaptogens and nootropics. Marketed as a “mind-boosting hydration” beverage, Leisure Project contains only 30 calories per 16 ounce can.

Review: Frescos Naturales

Frescos Naturales is a new line of sparkling aguas frescas that are made with real ingredients. The product line presently features six flavors, including Rosa de Jamaica, Tamarindo, Piña (pineapple), Maracuya (passion fruit), Guayaba (guava) and Mango.

Review: Chatty Matcha

Chatty Matcha is a new ready to drink nitro matcha beverage packaged in a 7.5 ounce can. While there’s only a single flavor today, the brand plans to launch additional…

Review: Parch Non-Alcoholic Cocktails

Parch is a new line of sparkling non-alcoholic cocktails that are infused with desert botanicals and adaptogens. The drinks are made with the company’s own non-alcoholic agave spirit, which they say is inspired by the Sonoran Desert.

Review: Tepache Gold

Tepache Gold is a new RTD take on tepache, (a traditional Mexican sparkling fermented beverage made with pineapple, that comes packaged in 12 ounce cans. The line comes in three flavors – Wellness Blend, Spicy Mango and Traditional. For this review, we sampled Wellness Blend and Spicy Mango. 

Review: Perfect Pour Cocktails

Perfect Pour Cocktails is a new line of shelf stable ready to pour cocktails that features a patented bottle design with a dual chamber bottle that mixes the ingredients at the time of serving. The product line presently features two flavors, Margarita and Whiskey Sour.

Review: Kimbala Chai

Austin, Texas-based Kimbala is focused on creating authentic RTD chai in both concentrate and RTD formats. The brand also features several coffee based beverages. 

Review: Betty Buzz

Betty Buzz is a new line of sparkling beverages created by actress Blake Lively. Positioned as a light, clean-ingredient and low-calorie non-alcoholic alternative to cocktails, the line features five flavors.

Review: Pricklee Cactus Water Rebrands

Fresh off an appearance on NBC’s Shark Tank, Pricklee Cactus Water, which originally launched as Pricklee Superfruit Water a few years ago, has just launched a substantial rebrand to their core lineup. They’ve also adjusted the formulations since we last reviewed the products in 2019.

Review: Vive Organic Immunity Sparkling Drink

Cold-pressed juice shot brand Vive Organic recently announced its first full size RTD product – Immunity Sparkling Drink, a three flavor line of certified organic sparkling beverages packaged in 12 ounce cans. The products have 40-45 calories per can, more than 20% fruit juice, and are enhanced with a cocktail of good-for-you ingredients.