Summer’s Fave Cocktail Is Ready for Fall

With Lone River’s new Ranch Water flavors, it’s going to be easy to keep drinking your way through 2020.

Travis Hallmark
Summer’s Fave Cocktail Is Ready for Fall

Ranch water has recently become the unofficial cocktail of Texas. A refreshing combination of tequila, seltzer water and mild citrus flavor, the light and barely sweetened beverage is a summer staple — but one local maker is looking ahead to fall.


Hoping Houstonians keep drinking their way through 2020, Lone River Beverage Company launches two autumnal flavors of its canned hard seltzer this week: Spicy Ranch Water and Rio Red Grapefruit Ranch Water. “With these new flavors, we wanted to continue to lean into our Texas roots by using local ingredients and looking to simple cocktails in the spirits category for inspiration,” says Katie Beal Brown, who founded Lone River last year.

The spicy iteration of the 80-calorie, easy-to-drink seltzer definitely comes with a Texas kick of jalapeno, offset by natural lime juice and a hint of organic agave. And the grapefruit version uses a “Texas-size squeeze” of red grapefruits grown in the Rio Grande Valley, plus the agave and lime.

The Lone River Ranch Water varieties are sold in six-packs for under $10 at H-E-B, Central Market, Whole Foods, Kroger, Total Wine, Specs and other independent retailers.

Food+Travel
Fall Philanthropy Report: March of Dimes’ ‘Signature Chefs’ Event Coming in November

What year was your organization launched? 1938

What is your mission? March of Dimes was founded in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio. The name “March of Dimes” was suggested by entertainer Eddie Cantor as a way to encourage people to donate even a small amount, like a dime, to help fight polio.

Keep Reading Show less

Heather Almond, Elia Gabbanelli, Kaleta Blaffer Johnson and Tara Martin (photo courtesy Cotton Holdings)

THE SWANKIEST SETUP at the Rodeo Houston “Cookoff” didn’t disappoint, for the fourth year in a row!

Keep Reading Show less

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle (photo from @alix_earle on Instagram)

WHILE HOUSTON IS still mourning the loss of Alex and Reagan Bregman’s move to Boston, a new power couple is about to touch down in H-Town. Influencer Alix Earle’s boyfriend Braxton Berrios was drafted to the Texans this week.

Keep Reading Show less
Style