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USA Today
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Simply Spiked Bold brings extra booze, so many calories to 24-ounce cans
Simply Spiked Bold brings extra booze, so many calories to 24-ounce cans Simply made the logical conclusion right around the time canned cocktails were exploding in popularity. Instead of forcing their patrons to manually add booze to their popular line of juices and various -ades, they mashed the two together in a single can of fruit blood and malt spirits. The results were solid. Then came the offshoots, running down the Simply portfolio to bring new flavors into the fold. Limeade was a logical extension. Peach? Less so, but it tastes like carbonated candy, so it worked. Now the brand is headed toward another proven market; the high alcohol, gas station-ready king can. Simply Spiked Bold offers those fruit flavors 24 ounces at a time and with a heap of booze in the mix. Each can clocks in at eight percent alcohol by volume (ABV) and, paired with the real juice Simply's known for, a whopping 470 calories. That's a lot! In several ways! But all can be excused if it tastes great. Let's give it a shot. Cherry Limeade: B I've poured this over ice, but let's be honest. The proper way to drink any king can is to sip directly from the top. Twenty-four ounces is the most regal of the beverage containers and using an outside vessel is borderline disrespectful. The cherry limeade pours a nice purplish-pink. It smells medicinal and boozy, with lines of malt alcohol wafting off the top. That's balanced with a rush of sugar to push it back from being overly harsh -- both sour and strong. It creates a sweet ring around an overwise slightly weird drink. The cherry limeade is acidic, battling over the soul of the drink with that sugar and the boozy contents within. That makes everything fairly busy; it's tough to get a good hold on just what you're drinking on any given sip. Ultimately, the sugar wins out. The drink itself doesn't taste very authentic despite the promise of real fruit juice, but it's pleasant enough. I think that's a proper landing spot for 24 ounces of eight percent ABV malt beverage. You're not buying this for quality; you're buying it for volume, potency and drinkability. You can drink this fairly easily and reap the high booze content with minimal wincing. There's value to that. Lemonade: B- I'm drinking this one from the can as God intended; while watching playoff hockey and in dire need of a stress reliever. It smells legit; tart and citrus and, yeah, like it just came out of a tear drop shaped bottle. The taste is modestly malty for the eight percent alcohol. It's tangy and tart and very easy to drink. Especially so from a 24 ounce king can. That adds to the replay value. It's neither too sweet or too sour. The carbonation helps snap off each sip, which makes things easier. But there's still the inherent spiked lemonade feel that, oh no, something has gone wrong with this batch. There's just a little too much acid, too much sting toward the end to ever let you feel really good about it. It's heavy, which is a tough sell for a light summer drink. Then again, I could be overcompensating since I'm so used to sugar-free drinks. It's handled well -- Simply is on top of its game -- but it's a lot of sugar and booze. I can only imagine the hangover if I crushed three or four of these in a night. Which would also rack up nearly a whole day's worth of calories, per the FDA. Eeesh. Would I drink it instead of a Hamm's? This a pass/fail mechanism where I compare whatever I'm drinking (or eating) to my baseline cheap beer. That's the standby from the land of sky-blue waters, Hamm's. So the question to answer is: on a typical day, would I pick Simply Spiked Bold Lemonades over a cold can of Hamm's? It's a little too rich for me, but I can appreciate the utility of 24 relatively easy to drink ounces of 8 percent ABV lemonade. Even so, I'm sticking with the beer. This is part of FTW's Beverage of the Week series. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Yes, even cookie dough whiskey.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
IT'S GETTING BOLD: SIMPLY SPIKED ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER 8% ABV INNOVATION WITH UNAPOLOGETICALLY BOLD ATTITUDE
Simply Spiked® Bold delivers even more flavor and an 8% ABV with two fan-favorite flavors CHICAGO, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready, Simply Spiked® is back and crashing the party with an all-new offering. Introducing Simply Spiked® Bold, a line of spiked lemonades and limeades with a bolder flavor and 8% ABV that delivers a new twist on drinking experiences for consumers 21+ nationwide. In the High ABV category where taste is the #1 purchase driver1, Simply Spiked Bold features two fan-favorite flavors: Signature Lemonade and Cherry Limeade. These boldly reimagined classics bring the 5% real fruit juice, squeezed then concentrated and amazing taste that drinkers have come to know and love from Simply Spiked, with 8% ABV. "As a leader within the FAB category, Simply Spiked has been providing consumers with a wide variety of flavor offerings since the brand debuted in 2022," said Jamie Rotnicki, Vice President of Innovation at Molson Coors Beverage Company. "We are taking our next step with Simply Spiked Bold to offer fans bolder flavors of some of their favorite Simply Spiked products with our real fruit juice credentials and an 8% ABV." Simply Spiked Bold is the ultimate beverage for any gathering with friends or a celebratory cheers. Delivering familiar tastes in a new, bolder drinking experience, Simply Spiked Bold is sure to turn up the volume for tastebuds everywhere. Since its launch in 2022, Simply Spiked has continually brought 21+ drinkers the flavors they have been asking for and new Simply Spiked Bold meets consumers at the growing convenience store channel, which has shown strong performance in single-serve, higher ABV beverage options. This latest innovation builds on the brand's impressive launch record2, which includes Simply Spiked Lemonade® debuting as #1 New Flavored Alternative Beverage in 2022, followed by Simply Spiked® Peach claiming the title in 2023 in multi-outlet stores and Simply Spiked® Limeade ranking as the #1 New Flavored Alternative Beverage launch in Grocery in 2024. Simply Spiked Bold is now available in convenience stores nationwide in single-serve cans, with 24oz and 16oz cans available in select states. Check out our product locator at to celebrate responsibly and find these ready-to-drink beverages near you. For more information about Simply Spiked and its products, follow the brand on social media at @drinksimplyspiked. About Molson Coors Beverage CompanyFor more than two centuries, Molson Coors has brewed beverages that unite people to celebrate all life's moments. From our core power brands Coors Light, Miller Lite, Coors Banquet, Molson Canadian, Carling and Ožujsko to our above premium brands including Madrí Excepcional, Staropramen, Blue Moon Belgian White and Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, to our economy and value brands like Miller High Life and Keystone Light, we produce many beloved and iconic beers. While Molson Coors' history is rooted in beer, we offer a modern portfolio that expands beyond the beer aisle as well, including flavored beverages like Vizzy Hard Seltzer, spirits like Five Trail whiskey and non-alcoholic beverages like ZOA Energy. As a business, our ambition is to be the first choice for our people, our consumers and our customers, and our success depends on our ability to make our products available to meet a wide range of consumer segments and occasions. Molson Coors Beverage Company is a publicly traded company that operates through its Americas and EMEA&APAC reporting segments and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange. To learn more about Molson Coors Beverage Company, visit 1Source: C+R RESEARCH; HIGH ABV DRIVERS / BARRIERS STUDY NOVEMBER 20232Source: Circana, Total US Food, New Item $ Sales, CY 2022, CY 2023, WE 12/31/23 – 11/10/24, L24 WE 11/10/24 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Molson Coors Beverage Company
