Best canned cocktails to try 2024

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Best canned cocktails to buy 2024

MOTH Margarita

Available from Sainsbury's (£3.95), Waitrose (£3.99)

Best canned margarita

A new trend we've noticed in canned cocktails is the emergence of dinky tins of booze-forward drinks that you'd typically sip at rather than gulp. This canned margarita is a great example – at just 125ml it's got the zesty, refreshingly sharp flavours of a classic marg, but at a much more sessional 14.9% ABV. Do check out the other cocktails in the range, particularly the old fashioned with its aromatic coffee notes, and a floral negroni.

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Porter’s Gin Hippy Fizz

Available from Whitebox Cocktails (£4)

Best canned gin fizz

Pineapple shrub, Porter’s gin, malted passionfruit and hop soda go into this thirst-quenchingly refreshing drink, which is packed with tropical notes, and a touch of dryness.

Available from:

Whitebox Cocktails (£4)

East London Liquor Co. Vodka and Rhubarb

Available from East London Liquor Co. (£39 for 12 cans)

Best canned cocktail for picnics

British wheat vodka cut with rhubarb soda makes for a grown-up, drinkable cocktail. Not sweet or cloying, this has a pure and puckering rhubarb flavour.

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East London Liquor Co. (£39 for 12 cans)

Ace + Freak Watermelon + Cucumber Sangria

Available from Ace + Freak (£21 for 6 cans)

Best canned sangria

Cooling cucumber and watermelon with a hint of apple is balanced by dryness from white wine. Fresh and summery, this is a perfect heatwave tipple.

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Ace + Freak (£21 for 6 cans)

Kanpai Yuzu + Cucumber Sparkling Sake

Available from Kanpai (£4)

Best canned sparkling sake

We loved this unusual offering from Peckham sake brewery Kanpai. Expect the summery, green flavour of cucumber, subtle floral sharpness from the yuzu and an underlying funk from the sake. Sparkling and super refreshing, this is a good alternative to a Hendrick’s G&T.

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Kanpai (£4)

Something & Nothing Yuzu Seltzer

Available from Amazon (£24.25 for 12 cans)

Best canned seltzer

We loved the delicate citrus and floral notes in this grown-up soft drink – if you do want to add alcohol, try gin or sparkling wine for a spritz-style cocktail.

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Amazon (£24.25 for 12 cans)

Virtue Clean Energy Drinks

Available from Tesco (£5 for 4 cans), Amazon (£17.40 for 12 cans)

Four cans with fresh fruit scattered round

Best canned energy drink

There’s plenty going on in these refreshing, non-alcoholic alternatives to a G&T in a can. Soft peach flavour with a raspberry finish balances the sparkling, viscous mouthfeel from the agave and yerba mate in our pick of the range. These naturally caffeinated drinks are all packed with antioxidants from the South American super-leaf yerba mate, as well as containing zero sugar and zero calories. The ideal summer picnic alternative.

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