There’s clearly not enough money in being a global celebrity these days, they’re all launching booze brands. Remember the days when it used to be perfume? Blake Lively is the latest to enter the drinks game. You know, her of Gossip Girl fame, that shark film and being married to Ryan Reynolds? Ok, that’s selling her short, she’s pretty much A-List Hollywood royalty at this point.
Anyway, Blake has recently dropped three canned cocktails under the name Betty Booze. There’s a Sparkling Tequila and Lime Shiso, Sparkling Tequila and Oak Smoked Lemonade and Sparkling Bourbon, Apple Ginger Sour Cherry in the range. So far, so tempting, and they’re all widely available at Majestic for a reasonable £3 a 355ml can.
And at 4.5%, Blake’s not going crazy on the booze either. I guess if your husband is a liquor mogul, what with Ryan heading up Aviation Gin, then it’s not a stretch to foray into canned cocktails.
Interestingly though, and I don’t want to sound gossipy, but Blake doesn’t use Aviation Gin in any of her tinnies. You go girl! It’s probably because none of her cocktails actually contain gin , but I’m going with the strong independent woman angle. Naturally, as a drinks busybody I had to stick my oar in and see what all the fuss was about.
So, I took it upon myself to taste Blake’s tins alongside 37 competitors, aka the good, bad and the fugly. If I told you my kitchen smelt like a boozy boiled-sweet factory by the end of sampling 40 supermarket canned.