


"Vancouverite behind Mike's Hard Lemonade becomes a multibillionaire with White Claw seltzer - BNN Bloomberg". ^ "White Claw® Hard Seltzer | Made Pure®".Flavors: Blackberry, Natural Lime, Blood Orange, Cranberry.Flavors: Black Cherry, Mango, Watermelon, Natural Lime, Ruby Grapefruit, Raspberry, Lemon, Tangerine, Strawberry, Blackberry, Pineapple, Passion Fruit, Peach.Flavors: Ice Tea Lemon, Ice Tea Peach, Ice Tea Mango, Ice Tea Strawberry.“Refreshr” Hard Seltzer Ice Tea (5% alcohol).Flavors: Limon with a hint of Calamansi, Blood Orange with a hint of Raspberry, Blackberry with a hint of Red Cherry, Strawberry with a hint of Kiwi.Hard Seltzer “Refrshr” Lemonade (5% alcohol).Flavors: Citrus Yuzu Smash, Tropical Pomelo Smash, Watermelon Lime Smash, Wildberry Acai Smash.With Hard Seltzer Surf being the newest addition and Hard Seltzer Surge having the highest alcohol content of 8%. There are 28 flavors of the White Claw divided into 5 varieties. In July 2020, White Claw recorded a 246.7% increase in sales when compared to the summer months of 2019. In the White Claw social media videos, many included the slogan "Ain't no laws when you're drinking Claws," coined in a video by YouTube comedian Trevor Wallace which gained 4.2 million views. Throughout 2019, White Claw's popularity grew as a result of the hard seltzer's being circulated through viral social media videos, similar to the advertising of Bang Energy Drink. The same year, the surge in White Claw's popularity was met with a national shortage. In 2019, White Claw was noted the top-selling hard seltzer in the country, with 60 percent of the category market. įrom 2016–2020, hard seltzer sales increased at a triple-digit annual rate. The reclassification was made final on June 2, 2021, having taken effect on August 1, 2021. Reasons cited were that White Claw "does not have the taste, aroma, character or appearance of beer" and "is not named beer, and importantly, is not sold or marketed as beer". Previously classified as " beer" (to which no tariffs apply), CBP felt the beverage belonged to the category of "other fermented beverages", to which tariffs do apply. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sought to re-classify White Claw in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, when importing the product. New flavors were introduced in for the American market in March 2020 and again in March 2021, along with iced tea seltzers. The Canadian version is made with vodka rather than a beer base. White Claw entered the Canadian market in 2020 with limited flavors, later expanding offerings. In the summer of 2019, it was reported that White Claw accounted for over half of all total hard seltzer sales in the United States volume sales of White Claw grew 275% over the year prior. business is estimated to deliver close to $4 billion in revenue in 2020. The brand experienced tremendous growth after its introduction in 2016. White Claw was created by Mark Anthony Group, run by Vancouverite Anthony von Mandl and also known for producing Mike's Hard Lemonade. The exact recipe and methods are trade secrets.

The alcohol base (termed "beer base" in customs rulings) is composed of 51% sugar, smaller amounts of yeast and nutrients, water, and trace amounts of "malted gluten-free grains". The beverage is made from a blend of seltzer water, a gluten-free malted alcohol base, and fruit flavor. The beverage was introduced in 2016 and is sold in 12 various flavors. White Claw Hard Seltzer is an alcoholic seltzer water beverage manufactured by Mark Anthony Group. Purified carbonated water, alcohol, natural flavors, natural cane sugar, citric acid, sodium citrate 8% - 5% (US & Canada) and 4.5% (International markets)
