Fling, Boulevard Brewing’s line of premium canned cocktails, has recently given consumers two new reasons to explore ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails. The Kansas City brewery launched a Vodka Lemonade variety and a Craft Cocktail Mix Pack featuring four of its bar-quality craft cocktails.

Fling Cocktails are crafted with all natural ingredients and include Blood Orange Vodka Soda, Margarita, Mai Tai, Rye Whiskey Mule, Mojito, Botanical Gin & Tonic and now, Vodka Lemonade. All flavors feature real spirits and are low in calories as well as carbs.

The pre-mixed cocktails come in 12 ounce cans and contain an ABV ranging between 5% and 9%, depending on the cocktail.

The new Craft Cocktail Mix 12-Pack features Blood Orange Vodka Soda, Botanical Gin & Tonic, Mojito, and the new Vodka Lemonade. Three 12 ounce cans of each are included.

Fling Cocktails are “Crisp, refreshing and crafted with care, they’re ready for any adventure.”

Boulevard Brewing

Boulevard Brewing has become a household name in craft beer and is currently the Midwest’s largest specialty brewery. The brewer’s tour guides promise, “At Boulevard, we’ve been brewing great beers for decades. And boy, do we love beer. But occasionally, we yearn for something… different. As experts in the fine art of flavor, we’ve stepped out of our sandbox, pushing boundaries and exploring new territory in a drive to deliver the best and most interesting adult beverages.”

Boulevard first flung its hat into the Beyond Beer ring in 2019, when it launched Fling. However, in 2020, a year after the brewery launched Fling, Boulevard debuted yet another Beyond Beer product, Quirk Hard Seltzer.

Quirk offers eight “eccentric” hard seltzer flavors including Watermelon Salt & Lime, Pear Yuzu, Hibiscus Lemonade, Blackberry Sage, Grapefruit Twist, Blueberry Lemon & Lavender, Cherry Blossom & Lime, and Strawberry Lemon & Basil. The seltzers all contain 90 calories, less than one gram of sugar, fewer than 5 grams of carbs, and a 4.2% ABV.

John McDonald founded Boulevard Brewing in 1989. The company has grown rapidly over its 30 plus years in business. The brewery now features a 150 barrel brewhouse, six 1,000 barrel fermentation tanks, a Tours & Rec Center, a state of the art canning facility and more, all while staying true to its Kansas City roots. The facility, which is now much larger than it was in 1989, remains in its original neighborhood.

Boulevard has continued to expand its distribution footprint, with the help of a Belgium collection of breweries, Duvel Moortgat, which acquired the brewery in 2014. The Kansas City brewery now produces beverages sold in 41 states and 11 countries globally. Its popular Unfiltered Wheat brew is the best-selling craft beer in the Midwest. Boulevard crafts an impressive portfolio of seasonal, year-round and limited release beers and has grown its Beyond Beer selection with Fling Craft Cocktails and Quirk Hard Seltzer.

Fling Cocktails offer everything needed to enjoy a quality, RTD cocktail. The brand leaves consumers with only one question, “Why settle for ordinary?”

Shirani Jayasuriya
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