Drinks
New Canned Beverages Built for Beach Drinking May Not Be Booze at All
Whether they’re infused with CBD or a “hard” take on kombucha, healthy-ish options are taking over ice chests this summer.
Clockwise from top left: 26.2 Brew, Sufferfest kolsch, Athletic Brewing’s Upside Dawn, Sprig, Hibiscus session apple cider, Deschutes Brewery’s Da Shootz.
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What to drink at the beach? It’s a challenging question, one that goes back way before the introduction of the beach blazer.
Canned beverages have long ruled the cooler. It’s partly out of convenience: They’re not as heavy as bottles, and you don’t need to remember to bring a corkscrew or bottle opener. But it’s probably going to be hot, so you don’t want something so strong that you get blitzed by 3 p.m.