2024 award winners will be notified by email in late January and results to be published on this page shortly thereafter. Please check back for updates.
What a year it's been for ready-to-drink cocktails. From canned espresso martinis to hard iced teas and everything else that trended in between, 2024 provided a wild ride for RTD cocktail lovers and brands alike.
Throughout the year, our team tested more than a hundred different canned cocktails and bottled cocktails, evaluating each RTD on characteristics such as authenticity and accuracy of flavor, appeal of aroma, balance of taste, appearance of liquid, and sessionability, among others.
But when the testing finally comes to an end in 2024, our team's work has just begun. Come January, editors and testers will begin the arduous task of going through each and every ready-to-drink cocktail that was rated during the previous year. And after poring over pages upon pages of testing data and rating notes, lists will be compiled and winners declared in our annual ready-to-drink cocktail awards competitions.
Editor's Choice RTD Cocktail Awards
After revisiting the recommended nominees put forth by our test panel, our editor-in-chief will closely review all ratings and team feedback to select winning recipients for our 2024 Editor's Choice Awards.
Winners will receive "Best Overall" and "Top Pick" accolades in a variety of categories including cocktail style (vodka soda, margarita, espresso martini, etc.), alcohol base (vodka, whiskey, tequila, rum, etc.), packaging design, and more.
RTD Royalty Ready-To-Drink Cocktail Award
Our RTD Royalty Award goes one step further than our Editor's Choice. Transcending any product categories, we'll crown a single RTD brand who submitted multiple products for testing and recognize them for producing the most impressive RTD cocktail lineup that we evaluated throughout the entire year.
Each RTD Magazine team member will nominate a select number of brands who they feel are worthy of such dignified distinction, and then the entire team will perform a rank vote on each nominee, with the top vote-getting brand receiving our royal recognition for the year. Good luck and all hail the king!
Interested in working with RTD Magazine and learning more about submitting your RTD cocktails for ratings and reviews? Please contact us for more information.
