Seltzer reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 243 Reddit reviews across 24 subreddits and 30 posts to rank the best Seltzer brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/ketodrunk, r/HydroHomies, r/Celiac, r/cincinnatibeer, r/alcohol. Top-rated brands include Topo Chico (4.6/5), High Noon (4.5/5), Wild Basin (4.8/5).

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Reviews243
Subreddits24
Posts30
Brands89
Products29
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#1

Topo Chico

4.6
(22)
"Topo chico or mineragua have to be the top 2"
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"Topo Chico, when it's so cold that you open it and the top turns to slush. Peak hydration right there."
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"Easily Topo Chico"
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"Topo Chico"
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"My husband loves Topo Chico"
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"Topo Chico, no question"
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"Topo Chico is best"
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"Topo Chico for sure, followed by Polar, then Aldi's generic"
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"Topo Chico my número uno."
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"Easy, Topo Chico!"
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#2

High Noon

4.5
(15)
"High Noon is great, especially their tequila based seltzers"
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"High Noon is my favorite seltzer."
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"Highnoons are the best no hangover seltzer I’ve ever tried."
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"High noons tend to be easier on my stomach."
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"I’d have to say high noons."
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"I love high noon seltzers! the peach one doesn't taste like candy sweet."
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"High noon watermelon or mango. Holla."
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"High noons"
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"High noon, is seriously top tier"
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"I love every Nooner flavor other than pineapple."
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#3

Wild Basin

4.8
(10)
"Also just came across the wild basin drinks, 1g and love them."
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"Wild basin!"
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"Wild basin or honestly the costco brand!"
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"Wild Basin"
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"Wild basin is pretty great!"
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"Wild basin is great, but it’s a tie for me with High Noon"
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"Wild Basin for sure - made by Oskar Blues"
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"I love Wild Basin!"
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"For seltzer, Wild Basin (Colorado) is good."
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"Wild basin"
#4

Polar

4.7
(9)
"I have slowly come around to the Polar supremacy stance as well. Plus it’s cheaper in my area."
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"I love polar. Having raspberry lime right now."
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"Love Polar"
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"Yo I love Polar! I'm currently on a quest to try all of their different flavors and I get a different flavor each time I go grocery shopping"
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"Also love Polar. Best seltzer water out of them all. Been amazing to help me not drink soda."
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"Wegman’s has a huge range of Polar including the wild flavors like the seasonals and the unicorn and yeti varieties. I’m obsessed."
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"Polar is good"
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"I've been leaning more to Polar myself lately."
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"Polar is superior to LaCroix."
#5

White Claw

3.7
(11)
"White claw. I like the flavors so much more than other brands."
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"White claw...not even a contest."
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"White claw is virtually sugar free."
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"Just hit my local stores in the new flavor variety pack."
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"But White Claw has better mango."
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"For the past few years White Claw has been my go to, Now I've started liking Ultra Seltzers."
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"White claw pure then add mio to it or drink it plain. 0 carbs."
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"I don't like all the flavors of White Claw or Truly-- I think Mango tastes like ass, and so does blackberry."
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"I like white claw because theyre not sweet."
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"The only white claw I like is mango, all the others taste chemically"
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#6

Truly

3.3
(11)
"Truly has been innovating everything first and better."
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"Truly"
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"Truly seltzers are great and don’t have a strong flavor which is nice"
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"Those truly teas are so good."
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"I personally like Truly lemonades the best!"
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"Truly or white claw"
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"Truly is okay but not my favorite. It tastes a bit too sweet to me."
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"Truly probably second but the taste in your mouth the next day is something."
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"Truly seltzers are definitely the least sweet that I”ve had."
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"Truly is not good. Kinda shocked at the high rating."
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#7

Vizzy

4.7
(6)
"I think vizzy are the best."
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"Vizzy is my suggestion."
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"Vizzys is da bomb."
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"The wife really enjoys Vizzy"
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"Vizzy!"
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"I like the vizzy ones."
#8

Perrier

4.7
(6)
"Maison Perrier for sure"
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"Maison Perrier!"
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"Yep or Perrier. Pour it over some ice with some lemon lime strawberry cucumber basil or mint. So refreshing."
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"Perrier."
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"Perrier is my number two"
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"I like San pellegrino or Perrier for plain seltzer. I love the mineral taste to round it out"
#9

Flying Embers

4.6
(5)
"Flying Embers"
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"Flying embers"
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"Flying embers by far"
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"My joint favorites are Flying Embers and Ashland. Both zero carb too."
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"For kombucha, Flying Embers is ok. A bit sour or weird sometimes."
#10

Bon & Viv

4.4
(5)
"I'm a fan of Bon & Viv; they have great flavors!"
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"Bon & Viv"
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"Bon Viv"
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"The cranberry, lemon lime and I think theirs a mandarin orange or something like that."
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"Bon & Viv aren't my favorite but you might like them - they're not very sweet."
#11

Durty Bull

5.0
(4)
"The Durty bull one, while fantastic, is not your traditional seltzer-looking seltzer."
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"Durty Bull's amateur hour hard seltzer smoothies are life changing, and you can can also get them frozen!"
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"Durty Bull’s hard seltzer is amazing"
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"Durty Bull and Glass Jug both have craft hard seltzers on tap."
#12

San Juan

5.0
(4)
"San Juan. Zero carbs and tastes better than White Claw."
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"0 carbs and really solid flavoring that matches or beats others that do have carbs."
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"San Jaun Seltzers! ZERO carbs! 5% alcohol content! And the flavors are delicious!"
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"San Juan’s is my all time favorite. Zero carbs too :)"
#13

Mineragua

4.8
(4)
"Topo chico or mineragua have to be the top 2"
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"Mineragua will have you burping like you’re possessed and so refreshing"
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"Mineragua in glass bottles."
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"Mineragua is a close second though"
#14

SodaStream

4.3
(4)
"Soda stream's the jam. Less garbage/packaging compared to canned seltzer, too."
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"Soda stream's the jam. Less garbage/packaging compared to canned seltzer, too."
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"You could get a sodastream."
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"We like key lime Bakto, Sodastream Dr Pete, and Fabbri caramel."
#15

Liquid Death

4.0
(4)
"Liquid Death is good (if someone else is paying for it)"
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"Liquid Death is my go to, I like the level of carbonation"
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"I prefer liquid death"
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"Liquid death when it’s super cold"
#16

San Pellegrino

3.8
(4)
"Pellegrino with ice"
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"Pelligrino"
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"I like San pellegrino or Perrier for plain seltzer. I love the mineral taste to round it out"
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"San Pellegrino is as well :/"
#17

50W Brewing Company

5.0
(3)
"Try sunflower by 50W brewing company! They’re incredible."
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"SUNFLOWER🌻 Made by 50W brewing company! Support local. Incredible flavor profile. 40 cals, 5g of sugar. It’s a seltzer but super super tasty!"
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"The new Sunflower from 50 West is phenomenal!"
#18

La Croix

4.7
(3)
"My favorite keto drink is Key Lime LaCroix, Strawberry Watermelon Miyo, a squeeze of lime, and Tito’s."
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"La Croix, boi. All them flavors."
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"I personally prefer vodka with soda water like La Croix."
#19

Surfsides

4.3
(3)
"Statesides/ surfsides are so good!!!!!!!!! No bubbles!"
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"I like the surfsides, i hate carbonation and they’re free from it!"
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"Surfside lemonade vodkas are pretty fantastic"
#20

Fifty West

4.3
(3)
"The 50 west ones are excellent. Only 40 calories each. 5mg of THC in each can. Even at the low level it made me feel great."
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"I like Floral, but if looking for something with a little less THC and good fruit flavor, check out Fifty West."
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"Fifty West also has a new one as of late."
#21

Floral

4.3
(3)
"Floral! The sugar free cocktails, and seltzers are so good."
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"I personally like Floral's effect on me more but Coastalo is pretty nice and the flavor is decent."
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"I like floral. They lowered the dosage from 10mg to 2.5mg. Not entirely sure why they changed it. I tend to stay away from their mocktail line (margarita, mule) too sweet for my liking but their seltzers are solid."
#22

Bubly

4.3
(3)
"My favorites are bubbly mango and bubbly blackberry."
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"We drink Bubly in this house."
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"Bubly drops are great for unsweetened/extremely simple flavors imo, the blackberry and grapefruit flavors are my favorite."
#23

Bud Light

3.7
(3)
"Bud Light .... specifically the out of office edition."
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"Bud light black cherry is very good."
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"Bud light"
#24

Quirk

5.0
(2)
"If you can get Quirk where you are, it's for sure the best brand I've had so far."
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"I think Quirk is the best one I’ve had yet."
#25

Orange Vanilla

5.0
(2)
"Orange Vanilla."
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"3. Orange vanilla"
#26

Cranberry Lime

5.0
(2)
"Of the ones I've tried so far, my top 3 would be 1. Cranberry lime"
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"For me it's Cranberry Lime"
#27

Ginger Mule

5.0
(2)
"Ginger Mule is great"
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"Ginger Mule gang"
#28

White Claw Surge

5.0
(2)
"Fuck, I forgot about white claw surge! Argh it's only $17.49 at Total wine. This is now the winner."
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"If you're going bang for your buck - white claw surge ($22.99 around me). It's 8% so you're basically drinking two light beers for every one 12 oz white claw."
#29

Canteen

5.0
(2)
"Canteen is the only one i like lots of flavors and doesnt taste like fake sugar."
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"Canteen’s!"
#30

Estazzi

5.0
(2)
"I also would highly recommend Estazzi! The lemon and orange flavors are refreshing! It can be purchased at Jungle Jim’s and a few other places. It’s the best I’ve tried locally."
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"Estazzi is my new fav!! It’s like a San pelligrino it’s so good!!"
#31

Cycling Frog

5.0
(2)
"Cycling Frog & Coastalo ate great."
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"Other than that, I prefer Cycling Frog flavors"
#32

Squared

5.0
(2)
"Squared is by far my favorite"
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"Squared are probably my favorite brand, cappys always has them. Coastalo are great."
#33

DrinkDelta

5.0
(2)
"The ones I get are produced and shipped from Charlotte. The website is called https://drinkdelta.com/. The light versions don't have any weed taste, there 5mg each, so one will get you buzzed and two will get you high."
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"DrinkDelta.com Best on the market Find them at common market or Buddha's Bazaar I personally have a subscription on their website"
#34

Five Flowers

5.0
(2)
"I like Five Flowers brand for the 5mg dose. SIP City in Plaza Midwood carries about 20 different brands, ranging from 2mg up to 70mg per can. All THC drinks are 20% off every Monday!"
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"Love five flowers! Plus they actually taste good whereas so many I’ve tried just … haven’t"
#35

Hoplark

5.0
(2)
"I love hoplark sparkling teas, but the hops are much stronger than in hoppy refresher or hop waters."
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"Hoplark’s hopped teas are fantastic."
#36

June Shine

4.5
(2)
"If you have juneshine near you it’s so good. It’s not beer but it is delicious."
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"June Shine is generally great."
#37

Nütrl

4.5
(2)
"Absolute Ocean Spray seltzers, Two Chicks seltzers, and Nütrl are my favorites."
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"In canada we have Nütrl and Nudes. Potato vodka and carbonated water. They’re actually quite tasty"
#38

Rebel Rabbit

4.5
(2)
"Rebel Rabbit Hands Down. 4 Flavors @ 3 Strengths. "Mild Hare" - 5MG THC, Wild Hare - 10MG THC, and "Wilder Hare" 30MG THC ... I have tried so many seltzers & this one has the best label health wise & blows all others out o"
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"Rebel rabbit & Delta too!"
#39

Cann

4.5
(2)
"Cann is the best of the best!"
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"Cann, Wynk, and North Canna are some other wonderful 5mg options."
#40

Hi Seltzer

4.5
(2)
"Hi Seltzers is the best one I’ve had. Tastes delicious, 0 sugar, and gets you pretty high off of just 1"
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"Try Hi Seltzer!"
#41

Apotheca

4.5
(2)
"Apotheca has been my go to for thca flower and I’ve never been disappointed so I’d start by looking there"
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"Apotheca has a wide selection and are, quite literally, all over Charlotte."
#42

Polar Seltzer

4.5
(2)
"Polar seltzer's ginger lime mule flavor is so good!"
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"I love the orange cream flavors. Polar ice has a good one."
#43

Carbliss

4.5
(2)
"Carbliss is the best! I also hate white claws"
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"Carbliss"
#44

Crook and Marker

4.5
(2)
"Crooks and Marker hands down!"
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"Crook and marker"
#45

Kirkland

4.5
(2)
"Kirkland sparkling water, sodastream. Mix, carbonate, enjoy."
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"Kirkland"
#46

Drinkmate

4.5
(2)
"Drinkmate, the best 100 bucks ever spent."
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"Most everyone's favorite was the lemon and ginger but I liked the mocktail."
#47

Michelob Ultra

4.0
(2)
"Kind of surprised the Mich Ultra doesn’t get more love. They’re so deliciously crisp."
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"If you wanna go with zero carbs, the best, in my opinion, has been Michelob Ultra."
#48

LaCroix

4.0
(2)
"Usually LaCroix."
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"I like LaCroix’s flavor options. Limoncello slaps"
#49

Bud Light Seltzer

4.0
(2)
"Have you tried Bud Light Seltzer?"
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"Bud light seltzers aren’t as sweet as white claw."
#50

Truly Lemonade

4.0
(2)
"Truly Lemonade, Simply Spiked, and Vizzy!"
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"The Truly Lemonade flavors are all really good"
#51

North Canna

4.0
(2)
"North Canna has sugar free variety 8pks @ 10mg"
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"Cann, Wynk, and North Canna are some other wonderful 5mg options."
#52

Spindrift

4.0
(2)
"Spindrift hard seltzers are good but not available everywhere yet."
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"Spindrift came out with spiked seltzers. I have not personally tried them yet, but I love spindrift water and have heard great reviews."
#53

HEB

4.0
(2)
"Feel like Heb and Waterloo are a close 2nd to Polar."
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"Heb brand was my favorite. Fiercely carbonated."
#54

Cacti

3.0
(2)
"Call me crazy but I really like Cacti."
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"I had a brand yesterday "Cacti" that are really good also."
#55

Abstrax Hops

5.0
(1)
"This stuff works great you just up a few drops in a seltzer and it will give you what you are looking for"
#56

Untitled Art

5.0
(1)
"We always have seltzer on from untitled art (beautiful delicious fruit purée we all stand behind)"
#57

Glass Jug

5.0
(1)
"The one's Glass Jug are making have been totally on point."
#58

Vintage

5.0
(1)
"My favorite is Vintage brand unflavored seltzer water, it's more bubbly than La Croix and the bubbles are so refreshing."
#59

Homemade

5.0
(1)
"My girlfriend and I started making our own carbonated water at home."
#60

Spindrift Seltzer

5.0
(1)
"My brand of choice is spindrift!"
#61

Topo Chico Seltzer

5.0
(1)
"Topo Chico"
#62

Mike's Hard Lemonade

5.0
(1)
"Mikes hard limonade had one last summer - loved it so much!"
#63

Shorts

5.0
(1)
"Thirst Mutilator by Shorts is so so good."
#64

Cathead

5.0
(1)
"In the South, it's Cathead. Real vodka sodas in four flavors."
#65

Press

5.0
(1)
"Press."
#66

Elevate

5.0
(1)
"I drink a hard seltzer called elevate that is local to my town."
#67

Spass

5.0
(1)
"Mineral water seltzer with light and refreshing flavor and texture."
#68

Mike's Hard Seltzer

5.0
(1)
"Just tried Mike’s Hard Seltzer and they are delicious!"
#69

H2OPS

5.0
(1)
"Grapefruit H2OPS is absolutely amazing but it's expensive as fuck."
#70

Fair State

5.0
(1)
"Fair State out of Minneapolis are legit craft hopped water."
#71

Buzz Water

5.0
(1)
"Buzz wtr is my new fav!"
#72

Noble

4.0
(1)
"NOBLE is a new one. Super clean, very refreshing, flavor on point and effects are great."
#73

Target

4.0
(1)
"Target carries a couple of flavors, but it's the same price."
#74

Sunny D

4.0
(1)
"Sunny d hard seltzer is a mimosa"
#75

Natural Light

4.0
(1)
"Natural Light Catalina Lime Mixer"
#76

Fruit Smash

4.0
(1)
"Fruit Smash doesn't taste too sweet, and I also don't like really sugary drinks."
#77

Saint Archer

4.0
(1)
"Not a seltzer but Saint Archer Gold is absolutely delicious."
#78

Scrimshaw

4.0
(1)
"Try scrimshaw Pilsner. It’s beer, not seltzer and it’s 2 grams per can."
#79

Coors

4.0
(1)
"I tried Coors the other day and they were good, not watery, 2 carbs though."
#80

Corona

4.0
(1)
"Corona blackberry lime, amazing."
#81

Pelican Brewing

4.0
(1)
"I really like pelican brewing sparkle hops!"
#82

KC Bier Co

4.0
(1)
"I know locally here in Kansas City there’s a local brewery called KC Bier Co that makes a hop spritz that’s pretty good."
#83

Hoppy Refresher

4.0
(1)
"Hoplark is great. I wish I could get Hoppy Refresher here in FL but I can't."
#84

HOP WTR

4.0
(1)
"I also enjoy HOP WTR, but it’s pretty expensive."
#85

New Belgium

4.0
(1)
"New Belgium - Fruit Smash."
#86

Shiner

4.0
(1)
"Shiner’s new seltzer’s are really good."
#87

Arctic Summer

4.0
(1)
"Arctic Summer. It's actually made by an already established seltzer company."
#88

Mountain Spring

3.0
(1)
"Mountain spring or topo Chico"
#89

Costco Brand Seltzers

1.0
(2)
"No but seriously the Costco brand seltzers are awful."
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"The Costco ones aren’t great. Little flavor and almost metallic"

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