Top 12 Hard Teas to Try

Arnold Palmer loved mixing lemonade and sweet tea so much that the drink became named after him. With this tea mix, you can have the classic Arnold Palmer taste with a spike of alcohol. There is a light and regular version and a spiked iced tea for the tea purists out there.

Sea Isle Iced Tea is one of the original spiked ice tea companies. The company uses lemon, black tea, and vodka to create its uniquely flavored cocktail. It tastes like a classic iced tea but has a kick at the end. If you're looking for something to spice up your barbecue party, this might be it!

Of course, Twisted Tea is a classic choice for spiked iced tea. This company made most of its money from the original flavors but came in 9 flavors, including sweet cherry lime, blackberry, blueberry, peach, and mango. Each flavor is delicious and has the classic tea taste with a grown-up twist.

Truly is known for hard seltzer but has branched out to include spiked iced tea. With very few calories and little sugar, this brand is great for those trying to watch what they drink. Truly's seltzer iced tea comes in four flavors - strawberry, lemon, peach, and a lemonade half-and-half mix. Each one is worth trying!

Instead of simply mixing vodka or another spirit into iced tea, LIIT (Long Island Iced Teas) created a sparkling drink out of iced tea and natural flavors. It drinks like a seltzer but feels like an iced tea and comes in three delicious flavors: lemon, mango, and raspberry lime.

If you like to support small brewing companies instead of larger corporations, Bully Boy is a great choice. A Boston distillery, they make a series of cocktails in cans. The most recent addition to their list is Italian Iced Tea, which includes home-brewed Amaro and black tea for a refreshing summer drink.

Owl's Brew is a company that focuses on clean drinking and puts infused botanicals into every flavor of sparkling hard tea. It's a delicious way to drink spiked tea and support a female-founded company. Their flavors range from Espresso mar-tea-ni to Jasmine and hibiscus, and Owl's Brew is one of the only companies to use more than one type of tea.

Although several companies on this list have iced tea, Loverboy is one of only a few that specialize in hard iced tea. The company's focus is low-calorie, high-flavor drinks such as pineapple hibiscus, mango pear, and strawberry lemonade. The flavors come first with Loverboy, and these teas prove it!

Fisher's Island started serving a hard lemonade mixed with iced tea in their flagship location in 2015. It became the signature drink and was soon canned for distribution. The Fishers Island Lemonade hard iced tea includes black tea, lemonade, and a mix of vodka and whiskey for an extra kick.

Cisco Brewers was established in Nantucket but has become one of New England's largest brewery chains. The company has several beers for sale year-round, as well as seasonal brews. However, they recently found a hit with four flavors of home-brewed hard tea: blueberry, peach, orange, and lemon.

Of course, it was only a matter of time before the biggest beer company in America got into the hard seltzer and hard tea game. In addition to Bud Light's extensive line-up of hard seltzers, the company added a seltzer iced tea to the mix. It's an excellent iced tea with standard seltzer flavors - black tea with a bit of lemon.

Pabst Blue Ribbon, commonly known as PBR, is one of the best-known beers in the American midwest. PBR recently branched out from the standard wheat beer to include gluten-free hard seltzers, and one of these was the Hard Tea Seltzer. Although it's technically not tea, it has real tea in it and is definitely worth a try!