Mixicles is a Cincinnati beverage maker known for turning botanical flavor into ready-to-use frozen cubes. Its nonalcoholic cubes give home hosts and drink makers a simple way to flavor and chill a beverage as the cube melts, whether or not alcohol is involved.
Pope’s CocktailsCreated during Ohio’s 2020 restaurant shutdown, Pope’s Cocktails grew from small-batch work at Pope’s Kitchen into a Cleveland-based maker of ready-to-drink cocktails for takeout and home enjoyment. Its pouches bring a bar-style cocktail into a portable format, using real food ingredients without artificial colors or flavorings.
The Slushie GuysThe Slushie Guys make frozen beverage mixes built around cane sugar, natural flavors, and unusually high fruit-juice content rather than artificial ingredients and high-fructose corn syrup. Their lineup includes cocktail-ready flavors such as strawberry watermelon frosé and agave lime margarita, with the company focused on making fresh-tasting frozen drinks easier to serve. The brand was created by frozen-cocktail enthusiasts who wanted a more ingredient-conscious alternative to conventional slushie mixes.
Simple Times MixersSimple Times Mixers is a Columbus, Ohio maker known for producing clean-label cocktail mixers in its own kitchen. The company works in small batches and uses an upcycling initiative to put ingredients from its production process to further use.COLUMBUS, OH
Lindsay's SouthsideBaltimore native Lindsay Hargrave turned a quest begun in the early 1990s into Lindsay’s Southside, a maker of fresh cocktail mixers built around real lemon juice and mint. The company also produces Bloody Mary mix and ready-to-drink seltzers, extending a recipe developed through years of gatherings with friends and family. Its playful Maryland identity carries through to George, the Bernadoodle mascot, and Corky, its mobile bar for events.RIDERWOOD, MD