The PET portion of the container is colored to match the different cocktail flavors, with colorants created by Holland Colours Americas to meet specific requirements for high-alcohol applications. The packages are screen-printed in-house as well, allowing the company to modify batch dates for each production run and to change colors for new product varieties when necessary. BuzzBallz has brought production of the PET can in-house with custom-engineered equipment. I got the idea from a tennis can container,” she says.

The container is also made of plastic, making it ideal for outdoor environments, and it is recyclable, in locations where recyclers have the technology to separate the aluminum lid from the plastic body.Īccording to Kick, the “PET can” design is not new: “It is used all over the world, mostly in Asia and Russia. With an aluminum lid with tab that can withstand 95 psi, the bottle can be used for both carbonated and noncarbonated drinks, and can be frozen for a slushy cocktail treat. The unique ball-shaped PET bottle was created to be as colorful as it is functional. Since its first sale in 2010, the convenient, single-serve cocktail brand has basked in its irreverence, with product names such as Forbidden Apple, Stiff Lemonade, Limey Bastard, OJ Screamer, and Choc Tease, among others. I wanted a fresh juice cocktail, with booze in it, and I didn’t want to have to get bloated to feel a little buzz.” “I also wanted to have a high-quality product with more alcohol in it, because so many on the market are malt beverages packed with sugar, or simply don’t taste good. I wanted consumers to be able to buy them by the ball, and mix and match flavors that they liked,” she says. “At the time I created these in 2009, most of the cocktails were sold as four- or six-packs.

Kick says she created BuzzBallz to provide consumers with the opportunity to mix and match flavors, with a product that offered more alcohol than some others on the market (BuzzBallz is 15% to 20% alcohol, depending on variety). Designed to be enjoyed in outdoor environments such as the beach, pool-side, picnics, and tailgating, BuzzBallz mixed-drink and wine-based cocktails come in a 200-mL, party ball-shaped PET bottle with an integrated aluminum lid designed to be “fun, floatable, and interesting,” says BuzzBallz LLC founder Merrilee Kick.

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