4 Skinny Summer Sippers

Boozy picnickers rejoice! The days of settling for your hubby’s Kokanee are over now that an array of cocktails-in-a-can have hit the market! Besides being refreshingly delicious, the following are easy on the waistline to boot! Cheers! —Rachel Johnston

cabin fever. While most can cocktails are vodka-based, Georgian Bay Spirt Co. is spoiling us with the Gin Smash this summer—a brilliant mélange of natural lime, lemon and tangerine juice, with a touch of mint and gin spirits crafted from juniper berries foraged in Ontario’s Cottage Country. Sticking with vodka? They have a Smash for that, too! Both are lightly sweetened with cane sugar and available at liquor stores in B.C., New Brunswick and Ontario.

birthday suit. Stripping down to the bare necessities, Vancouver-based Nude Vodka Soda’s yummy selections are simply triple-distilled vodka, sparkling H2O and fruit extracts (translation: no sugar or sweeteners). With only 100 calories per 355 ml can, choose from Classic Lime, Cucumber Mint, Peach and, our fave, Strawberry Kiwi. Find ’em at select locations across B.C.

beachy keen. Not only do they blend tasty sugar-free cocktails at 100 cals a pop, Ocean Blu Vodka Soda opts for recyclable cardboard packaging over harmful plastic rings and donates 25 cents per six pack sold to marine conservation efforts. Naturally sweetened, take your pick from juicy Pomelo Nectar or luscious Coastal Berry, available in select B.C. liquor stores.

gossip girl. Popping up across Canada, SoCIAL LITE’s buzz-worthy bevvies are a mere 80 calories, sugar/sweetener-free and come in fun flavours like Pineapple Mango, Lime Ginger, Cucumber Mint and the newly-released Grapefruit Pomelo. If you’re willing to spare an extra 20 calories, also try the oh-so-citrusy Spiked Iced Tea.