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December 30, 2024

The very best canned cocktails

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The canned-cocktail industry has burgeoned in recent years from spring-break vibes to bartender-approved and mixologist-vetted creations. Many of today’s offerings are balanced, complex, and convenient enough that we wouldn’t mind sipping them in a variety of settings, from hot tubs to swanky New Year’s parties.

We tasted 40 canned cocktails and came away with a few toast-worthy favorites, including a punchy margarita, a tart whiskey sour, and an earthy negroni.

For NYE and beyond→

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The best blanco tequilas

We tasted 24 blanco tequilas neat and mixed them into margaritas and other cocktails to find our 12 favorites→

Four different brands of canned hop waters lined up next to each other. From left to right: Hoplark, Hop Splash, Daypack and Hop Wtr.

Very tasty hop waters

These deliver a bit of what folks love about a good beer, sans the alcohol→

Eight bottles and two glasses of nonalcoholic wine, all differently colored.

The best nonalcoholic wines

Go beyond a bottle of sparkling apple cider→

Five different bottles of vodka pictured with a martini and a spritzer.

Our favorite vodkas

Our top pick? Yep, it’s from Costco→

Several cans of different brands and flavors of hard seltzer in ice.

The most refreshing hard seltzers

We found the best ones readily available in stores→

The bottles of our five favorite gins, displayed next to four gin-based cocktails.

Gins we love

For martinis and beyond→

One last thing: The very best coasters

An assortment of coasters in various shapes and sizes with a few cups of water resting on the coasters.
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Whether you’re throwing a party or enjoying a hot tea cozied up on the couch, a cute coaster somehow makes everything better—and also protects your furniture. After testing and living with dozen of coasters, we landed on six favorites for all tastes and styles, from stylish felt ones to whimsical resin ones.

Ring in the new year (minus the drink rings)

Plus: Get a great wine bottle opener. It’s time.

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