Monday, July 14, 2025
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Cool Off With the Chanel of Poolside Canned Cocktails

It’s hot out there so you need to get these low and no-alcohol beverages on your radar.

Melograno: The Chanel of Canned Cocktails

Melograno Cocktail invites you to elevate your Summer with bright, refreshing, and award-winning canned cocktails — expertly crafted for effortless enjoyment, anytime, anywhere. Melograno is a premium non-carbonated agave cocktail, where luxury meets convenience — because great cocktails shouldn’t be complicated.

With over 40 prestigious industry awards, Melograno continues to redefine luxury in the ready-to-drink space. Flavors include the Pomegranate Cosmopolitan, Cucumber Lime Mojito, Orange Blossom Martini, Pina Colada and Strawberry Mule on tap—all expertly blended using natural flavors, organic agave and organic cane sugar for a perfectly balanced sip in every can.

Melograno is an alternative to hard seltzers, wine and spirits. It uses nitrogen infusion instead of traditional carbonation to create a smoother texture with smaller bubbles that enhance the aromas and flavors of Melograno without the sharp bite of carbonation—or the gassiness of larger bubbles. And because it has about as much alcohol as a beer, you can keep track of your sobriety more easily than you can with a mixed drink or cocktail.

It all starts with a premium organic blue agave wine base, sourced from sustainably grown agave plants from Jalisco, Mexico—the same used for quality tequila but with a smoother, more refined profile. The organic blue agave is fermented, which brings a delicate sweetness, refreshing complexity, and natural depth to every sip, while being free from artificial additives or preservatives.

The flavors are subtle and the streamlined can is elegant and beautifully designed. It’s an entirely different drinking experience to the mass market hard seltzers out there—and a really sensible choice for adult drinking in hot weather.

Since their product launch in October of 2022 in San Diego, CA, Melograno has expanded to Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and New Jersey. Locate Melograno near you.


Huzzy Smart Sips: A Different Kind of Buzz

Huzzy Smart Sips is a woman-owned, Black, founder-based, non-alcoholic cocktail brand founded by Mahisha Dellinger. It promotes sober living, health and empowerment with non-alcoholic cocktails crafted from a curated list of liver-protecting properties, detoxifying antioxidants, and a proprietary blend of euphoric-enhancing ingredients. Alcohol is a depressant but every Huzzy sip will help rejuvenate and protect your liver, cleanse your system, aid your gut, and invigorate your vitality.

We tried Spill the Tea Long Island. This drink isn’t the Long Island Iced Tea you know of; it’s artfully blended with liver-nourishing ingredients. We were feeling pretty mellow after a few sips. This not a harsh, carbonated beverage. It is soft, with a herbal complexity and a round mouthfeel, slightly sweet. What’s in it? Adaptogens including lion’s mane, lemon balm, L-theanine, cordyceps mushroom extract, holy basil, passion flower and more of nature’s goodies. It’s a lovely thing to relax, hydrate, be social, and protect your liver while saying goodbye to hangovers. But don’t stop at Spill the Tea! Try all the other flavor combos including Siesta Sip Sangria and Pow Wow Moscow Mule.

Dellinger crafted Huzzy Smart Sips as the newest of her wellness business ventures. She is an official member of the Forbes Business Council and was appointed a Small Business Advisor for their entrepreneur community. Entrepreneur named her one of 100 Powerful Women in the US. She served as a keynote speaker for a host of organizations across the nation including Yelp, AT&T, PepsiCO, Black Enterprise Women of Power & their Vision 20/20 Entrepreneur Conference, Essence Fest, Fast Money, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. Dellinger has also been featured on several television shows throughout the nation and has been seen on OWN, BET, Revolt TV, Good Morning America, etc. Huzzy is being stocked all over NYC so look for it at your favorite store where you would normally shop for beverages such as kombucha or energy drinks. Find out more and locate a stockist here.

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