Created 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.
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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
Dave's ConcoctionsBorn from a ketchup cocktail challenge, Dave’s Concoctions handcrafts small-batch cocktail and mocktail mixers in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Dave developed the recipes with guidance from local bartenders and tests them with tasters until each blend is balanced, using 100% pure juices with no preservatives added. The company also gives a portion of its proceeds to nonprofit organizations in the West Chester region.
Picnic BrunchPicnic Brunch makes ready-to-drink canned cocktails, born from a June 2017 Battery Park picnic where founders Chris, Josh and Matt found that mixing brunch drinks outdoors was anything but easy. The company repackaged familiar brunch favorites—especially its sparkling-wine Mimosa and peach Bellini—so they can be enjoyed without the cooler, cocktail shaker and melting ice.
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