- A lot of brands have versions of spiked seltzers in a variety of flavors, although not all of them contain the same amount of alcohol.
- Four Loko’s seltzers have the highest alcohol content at 12% ABV (alcohol by volume) with Pabst Stronger Seltzer close behind at 8% ABV.
- Crook and Marker Spiked and Sparkling and Henry’s Hard Sparkling Water both have an ABV under 5%.
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Hard seltzers are a popular alcoholic-beverage choice in the summer, although not all of them are created equally in terms of flavor options and alcohol strength.
Here’s a round-up of some of the best spiked seltzers on the market, ranked from lowest to highest percentage of alcohol by volume (ABV).
Crook and Marker Spiked and Sparkling drinks are made with organic alcohol.
ABV: 4%
Crook and Marker’s Spiked and Sparkling drinks are made with organic alcohol that contains quinoa, amaranth, millet, and cassava.
You can choose from black-cherry, tangerine, strawberry-lemon, blackberry-lime, grapefruit, mango, peach, and coconut-pineapple flavors.
Barefoot Hard Seltzer is mixed with sparkling water and wine.
ABV: 4%
Barefoot is known for its affordable wines, but it also has a line of hard seltzers, which come in 8-ounce cans.
The seltzers are a combination of sparkling water, grape wine, and natural flavors in four unique varieties: peach and nectarine, cherry and cranberry, pineapple and passion fruit, and strawberry and guava.
Henry's Hard Sparkling Water comes in six fruity flavors.
ABV: 4.2%
Henry's Hard Sparkling Water comes in blueberry-lemon, pineapple, lemon-lime, strawberry-kiwi, passion-fruit, and peach-mango flavors.
Maha organic hard seltzer comes in a three-flavor variety pack.
ABV: 4.2%
Maha, which the website translates to mean great/greatness, offers USDA-certified organic hard seltzers with all the ingredients listed right on the front of the 12-ounce cans.
The brand sells a variety pack with tangerine-yuzu, raspberry, and black-cherry flavors.
Bon and Viv Spiked Seltzer comes in botanical, fruity flavors.
ABV: 4.5%
Bon and Viv Spiked Seltzers come in a range of fruity flavors, including black cherry, grapefruit, mango, pear elderflower, cranberry, clementine hibiscus, lemon-lime, and coconut-pineapple.
Smirnoff Spiked Sparkling Seltzer comes in fruit- and rosé-themed flavors.
ABV: 4.5%
You might think of Smirnoff for its vodka, but the brand also has a line of hard seltzers.
Some of the brand's flavor options include cranberry lime, blood orange, berry lemonade, raspberry rosé, piña colada, strawberry rosé, white-peach rosé, and pink-apple rosé.
Corona Hard Seltzer comes in four tropical flavors.
ABV: 4.5%
Corona is a popular Mexican beer brand, and it now sells 12-ounce hard seltzers.
The seltzers come in four different flavors: blackberry lime, cherry, tropical lime, and mango.
Truly sells over a dozen different flavors.
ABV: 5%
Truly was one of the early seltzer brands on the market and is known for having a wide variety of flavors.
You can choose from wild-berry, blueberry and acai, raspberry-lime, black-cherry, lime, grapefruit, orange, lemon, pineapple, mango, passion-fruit, pomegranate, or rosé flavors.
The cans are available in six-packs or larger variety packs, in case you want to try more than one flavor.
White Claw comes in a bunch of flavors.
ABV: 5%
White Claw offers a variety of hard-seltzer flavors in 12-ounce cans.
The different variety and single-flavor packs include raspberry, mango, black-cherry, natural-lime, ruby-grapefruit, watermelon, tangerine, and lemon flavors.
The brand also offers pineapple and clementine flavors in their lower-calorie seltzers with 3.7% ABV.
Wild Basin Boozy Sparkling Water comes in eight flavors.
ABV: 5%
Wild Basin Boozy Sparkling Water comes from the craft-brewery Oskar Blues.
You can choose from classic-lime, cucumber-peach, lemon-agave hibiscus, melon-basil, yumberry, strawberry-coconut, blueberry-mango, or black-raspberry flavors in two different variety packs.
Arctic Summer's spiked seltzers come in at least eight different flavors in two different variety packs.
ABV: 5%
Polar Seltzer is known for its non-alcoholic sparkling waters, but the brand recently entered the hard-seltzer market with Arctic Summer.
The brand comes in nine flavors so far, and they are sold in two different variety packs.
The Weekender pack features the pineapple-pomelo, ruby-red grapefruit, raspberry-lime, and black-cherry flavors. The Daytripper Mix features the fresh-lime, strawberry-watermelon, mandarin-orange, and cranberry-lime flavors.
The brand also has a ginger-lime flavor highlighted on its website.
Bud Light is known for its beer, but its spiked seltzers come in four flavors.
ABV: 5%
Bud Light may be known for its beer, but the brand has also thrown its hat in the hard-seltzer ring.
Bud Light Seltzer currently comes in four flavors: black cherry, lemon-lime, strawberry, and mango.
Mystic Reef Hard Seltzer comes in four classic flavors.
ABV: 5%
Sold at Target, Mystic Reef Hard Seltzer is available in 12-can variety packs or 12-can black-cherry packs.
In addition to black cherry, the other flavors are grapefruit, mango, and lime.
Vizzy Hard Seltzer comes in four fruit-combining flavors.
ABV: 5%
Vizzy is a newer brand that advertises hard seltzers with antioxidants and vitamin C.
Its 12-ounce seltzer cans come in four mash-up flavors: pineapple mango, black-cherry lime, blueberry pomegranate, and strawberry kiwi.
Natural Light Seltzer comes in three fruit flavors.
ABV: 6%
When you think of Natural Light, you likely think of beer, but the brand also has Natural Light Seltzer.
It comes in three varieties so far - Catalina-Lime Mixer (cherry and lime), Aloha Beaches (mango and peach), and House Rules (strawberry kiwi).
Pabst Blue Ribbon Stronger Seltzer comes in two different flavors.
ABV: 8%
Pabst Stronger Seltzer boasts a higher ABV than most other hard seltzers and even many larger-production lagers - including the original PBR beer.
The seltzer is currently available in lime and wild-berry flavors.
Four Loko has two flavors of seltzer and they're stronger than some wines.
ABV: 12%
Four Loko, known for its high-alcohol malt beverages, recently entered the hard-seltzer game with its black-cherry and sour-mango flavored bubbly drinks.
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