Bud Light Seltzer Hard Sodas are the same recipe as the brand's popular hard seltzers (which contain sparkling water, cane sugar, and natural flavors) but crafted in the following flavors: classic cola, citrus soda, orange soda, and cherry cola.

Ingredients. Orange Soda: Water, Cold-Fermented Cane Sugar, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sucralose, Acesulfame K, Yellow 6, Gum Arabic, Ester Gum, Malted Rice. Citrus Soda: Water, Cold-Fermented Cane Sugar, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sucralose, Acesulfame K, Malted Rice, Yellow 5.

Every sip of this orange soda-flavored seltzer comes with a sweet citrusy taste.

Note: Although Baldwinsville is the actual home of Bud Light Seltzer, the TV commercials are set in the real town of Seltzer, Pa.

Hard seltzer, adult seltzer, mature seltzer, spiked seltzer and hard sparkling alcohol water is a type of highball drink containing seltzer (carbonated water), alcohol, and often fruit flavorings. In the US the alcohol is usually made by fermenting cane sugar or malted barley.

Both beer and hard seltzer are brewed and fermented from a sugar source that when paired with yeast creates alcohol. This process means hard seltzer somewhat surprisingly falls into the beer category as a “flavored malt beverage,” rather than into a pre-mix category.

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“We launched Bud Light Seltzer with the Bud Light name in 2020 because it came with immediate benefits in terms of recognizability and distribution,” he said. “Understandably, it comes with some confusion that we need to make sure we hit directly on to make sure people are very clear whats in our product.”

This process means hard seltzer somewhat surprisingly falls into the beer category as a “flavored malt beverage,” rather than into a pre-mix category. However, hard seltzer is made from fermenting cane sugar or sugar with water, whereas beer uses malted grains as the primary source of sugar.

Homemade orange seltzer is a candied syrup soda made with real orange. No artificial flavor or colors used. This makes a candy-like refreshing summer drink.

White Claw remains the top-selling brand, Truly is in second and Bud Light Seltzer is in third place, according to data from IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm. Sales of Bud Light Seltzer have fallen about 24% last year, the firm said, which is worse than the seltzer category on average, which fell nearly 15%.

What's the history behind seltzer? The name 'seltzer' comes from a spa town in Germany called Selters, which began exporting its effervescent mineral water from the late 1700s. In 1772, Joseph Priestley an Englishman, discovered he could make fizzy water by placing a bowl of water above a beer vat.

Hard seltzers make excellent cocktail mixers without diluting your drink. Try substituting one for conventional seltzer to get an extra-potent vodka soda or with gin for a summertime punch. If you're serving hard seltzer at a party, consider adding fresh fruit or a little bit of fruit juice.