Top 5 Celebrity Pre-Mixed Cocktail Brands, From Blake Lively to Lil Yachty

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The era of the celebrity-backed pre-mixed cocktail is upon us.

In years past, A-listers hoping to cash in on the alcohol industry took a liking to wine, vodka, whiskey and tequila —  pretty much in that exact order, stretching from the early 2000s to 2020. Extend the timeline forward by a few years, and we now find ourselves in the ready-to-drink boom. From Jennifer Lopez to Kylie Jenner, every celebrity worth their salt in 2025 seems to be getting in on the canned cocktails, filling out convenience store shelves with a rainbow spectrum of boozy drinks that — let’s be honest — are pretty damn hard to distinguish from one another. Once you’ve tasted one vodka seltzer, it’s easy to feel like you’ve already tried them all. And don’t even get us started on those canned margaritas.

So which, if any, celebrity-backed brands manage to cut through the noise with standout flavor?

Tasting our way through far more offerings than we’d like to admit over the past few months, we’ve narrowed in on five options that exemplify the best that the cateogry has to offer. Each is priced at around $15 to $20 per 4-pack, and all are widely available across the country if you choose to order online. From Blake Lively to Lil Yachty, these are the small handful of celebrities who did their due diligence on the mixology game.

Kylie Jenner – Sprinter

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Sprinter is the latest in a long, long line of ventures backed by the Kardashian-Jenner business empire, and the second ever to dip its toes into the alcohol industry. Though we’re yet to be convinced by Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila, her sister Kylie’s recently debuted Sprinter Vodka Soda is a different story.

Put simply, this is Kylie’s take on High Noon. Each flavor combines premium vodka, real fruit juice and sparkling water, delivered at 100 calories per can and a modest 4.5% ABV. It’s a simple recipe, no doubt, and far from the boldest reinvention of its form. But sometimes the basics are all you need. Sampling our way through the brand’s Coachella-inspired Palm Springs Pack, complete with Mango, Pink Lemonade, Pineapple and Strawberry varieties, we found a lot to like. Each can lived up to its promise of real fruit flavor, devoid of artificial colorings or anything nasty that crept up on the back of the throat. The Pineapple was appropriately sweet and acidic, the Strawberry delicately grassy and the Pink Lemonade reminiscent of a Raspberry La Croix in the absolute best way possible. Nothing not to like. If you’re looking for an accessible crowd pleaser, Sprinter won’t steer you wrong.

Lil Yachty – Yacht Water

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Rapper Lil Yachty has, on several occasions, made it known to the world that he doesn’t enjoy alcohol. So consider our surprise when the Atlanta native not only launched an alcohol brand, but a surprisingly inventive one at that.

Yacht Water serves as a twist on the classic Ranch Water recipe, popularized in recent years mostly through the lens of Topo Chico. Yachty’s take on the concept changes up all the finer details, combining six-month reposado tequila, fresh key lime juice, sparkling water and sea salt. It’s that last ingredient that ends up leaving the biggest impression. All three of the brand’s core offerings taste like they’d been dunked headfirst into a salted margarita rim, adding a savory bite that pairs excellently with bright flavors of citrus and sharp carbonation. The Sunrise flavor evens the palate out with a nostalgic blast of orange, while the Jalapeno (our personal favorite) tastes like spicy peppers had been muddled fresh at the bottom of the can. Whether or not you’re wooed by Yachty’s irreverent marketing pitch, the juice inside each of these cocktails is top-notch, delivering tons of in-your-face flavor without a trace of saccharine sweetness.

Blake Lively – Betty Booze

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“Gossip Girl” alum Blake Lively first got in on the beverage game with Betty Buzz, a nonalcoholic mixer styled around clean ingredients and ample bubbles. The lineup was later expanded with Betty Booze, which, as its name implies, trades glass bottles for cans and tonic for liquor.

While Lively got some flak from consumers and celebrities alike for releasing an alcoholic drinks line as a teetotaler, we can’t deny that the drinks are pretty great.

The brand has released a boatload of flavors since it arrived on the market in 2023, perhaps more so than any other celebrity-backed RTD currently available. Betty Booze sells not one but two Vodka Iced Teas, a trio of Sparkling Tequila drinks with unusual flavors like Lime Shiso and Oak Smoked Lemonade and a handful of bourbon-based offerings. We can’t vouch for them all. But we can attest that the Sparkling Bourbon With Apple Ginger Sour Cherry is an absolute blast. This riff on a Kentucky mule hits a tasty balance between apple and ginger flavor, tasting about as fresh and lively (forgive the pun) as any canned rendition of the ingredients ever will. With so many tequila- and vodka-based cocktails on shelves, it’s refreshing to see bourbon take center stage with a quality recipe to boot.

Canelo Álvarez – VMC

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Amid a sea of American-owned celebrity tequilas, it’s shockingly rare to find a brand owned by a Mexican A-lister, let alone one born and raised in the spirit’s homestate of Jalisco. Boxer Canelo Álvarez’s VMC — short for “Long Live Mexico Bastards!” in Spanish — wears the distinction on its sleeve.

Launched in the latter half of 2023, the 5.5% ABV tequila seltzers were originally conceived as a Mexico exclusive, sold in Margarita, Paloma and Hibiscus varieties that paid not-so-subtle homage to the nation’s red, green and white flag. Many thanks to Canelo for eventually bringing these north of the border, because they might just be some of the best sparkling canned cocktails currently available on the market. Each tastes like a boldly flavored Jarritos mixed with a splash of blanco tequila; just the right amount of sweet, just the right amount of boozy. Our favorite of the bunch is the brand’s recently debuted Tamarindo. VMC’s take on the wildly underrated ingredient is chock-full of a honeyed, almost molasses-like vibe, complete with refreshing hints of citrus and slight nuttiness that go down just right on a hot summer day. Can’t recommend these enough, especially if you’re interested in tasting flavors outside of the typical tequila seltzer vernacular.

Katy Perry – De Soi

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It’s a sign of the times that a nonalcoholic brand could make it onto a cocktail roundup. Add to that one packed with adaptogenic ingredients like lion’s mane, L-theanine and reishi mushroom.

Founded in 2022 by entrepreneur Morgan McLachlan and pop star Katy Perry, De Soi combines just about everything that’s hip and happening in the 21st-century beverage world. Each of its brightly colored cans is billed as a sparkling nonalcoholic apertif. In other words, heavy on the spices and botanicals, light on the faux-booze flavor. It’s a welcome change of pace in a category that often tries way too hard to imitate the bite of distilled spirits, usually with unpleasant results. Standouts in the collection include the De Soi St. Moritz Mule, packed with distinct hits of rosemary, cardamom and pomegranate seed, and the Haute Margarita, which balances out expected flavors of lime and agave with an earthy sweetness and flashes of soft tangerine. Even if adaptogens aren’t your thing, De Soi’s zero-proof reimagining of classic cocktail recipes manages to stand its ground against some of the best, thoroughly boozy options on the market. If you’re interested in learning more, find our interview with De Soi CEO Scout Brisson here.