Ruby Spritz

Everything that makes an Italian spritz work, already mixed and sealed in a 250 mL can. Ruby Spritz takes Laori's Ruby aperitif profile of juicy orange and zesty grapefruit, adds quinine for a genuine bitter finish, and carbonates it, so there is no bottle, no ice bucket and no measuring involved. Quinine is the detail that keeps it from reading as fruit soda. It is the same compound that gives tonic water its bite, and it does the heavy lifting once the citrus fades. Per 100 mL it comes in at 55 calories with 13.6 grams of sugar, under 0.3 percent alcohol, and it keeps for fifteen months unopened. This is the format for boat afternoons, bike rides and road trips, where a glass bottle and a jigger are not happening. Serve it as cold as you can get it.