Purified carbonated water, alcohol, natural flavors, citric acid, cane sugar, concentrated lemon juice, sodium citrate, stevia leaf extract. Is Mike's Hard Lemonade Seltzer gluten free? Yes! Mike's Hard Lemonade Seltzer is made with naturally gluten-free ingredients.

Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. is an alcopop supplier based in Levittown, Pennsylvania. It is part of Badlands Beverage Brands, Inc. as of 2017.

Mike's Hard Lemonade may be a punchline in the drinks world, but the brand's success is no joke. After launching a blend of vodka, natural juices, and soda water in Canada in 1996, the company jumped stateside in 1999 and swapped out the vodka for a malt base.

Alright, first, let's address the fruity, carbonated elephant in the room. No, Mike's Hard Lemonade is not, strictly speaking, beer.

Mike's Hard Lemonade was created by alcohol and spirit genius Anthony von Mandl. Launched in 1999, the beverage proved itself wildly successful right from the start. The brand finds home at von Mandl's brewing company Mark Anthony Brewing. It is the fourth largest brewing company in the United States.

Hard lemonade tastes like regular lemonade but can be more sour. Lemonade is sour to begin with - it's made with lemons, after all - but the addition of malt flavor and alcohol content (around the same as the average beer) does have a noticeable effect on the taste.

It is the No. 1 hard seltzer, growing at a triple-digit 210 percent with dollar sales of more than $39 million in multi-outlets for the 52 weeks ending June 3, according to IRI.

We follow a simple proprietary four-step brewing process:

• Ferment malt grains with our proprietary, bespoke yeast.
• Filter through proprietary filtration technology, resulting in a very clean, neutral alcohol base.
• Squeeze and zest lemons to produce superior, natural lemon flavor.

Technically, Mike's is a malt beverage like beer. But then, so are Smirnoff Ice and Skyy Blue, leveraging the name of their hard-liquor parents to cover up the fact that they're only 5% alcohol. When Mike's was launched in Canada, almost 30 years ago, it really did use vodka.

Hard lemonade is a flavored malt beverage and falls under the category “alcopop,” or alcoholic pop drinks. What does hard lemonade taste like? Hard lemonade tastes like regular lemonade but can be more sour.

Hard lemonade tastes like regular lemonade but can be more sour. Lemonade is sour to begin with - it's made with lemons, after all - but the addition of malt flavor and alcohol content (around the same as the average beer) does have a noticeable effect on the taste.

It is the No. 1 hard seltzer, growing at a triple-digit 210 percent with dollar sales of more than $39 million in multi-outlets for the 52 weeks ending June 3, according to IRI.