Drinking Beyond Beer

Golda Kombucha

Kombucha scion Melanie Wade founded Georgia's first sparkling kombucha company in 2013 with a recipe inspired by her grandmother, Golda, who perfected her recipe in Blue Ridge for over 40 years. Today, Golda Kombucha's oak barrel-aged teas are available on tap, in ready-to-drink bottles, and in growlers at dozens of restaurants, bars and grocers throughout the Southeast, including in over 100 Kroger supermarkets and in several Whole Foods Markets.

Kava Mama

Kava Mama is Atlanta's top producer of kava, a relaxing tea made from the root of pepper plant Piper Methysticum, safely consumed by the people of Polynesia, Micronesia and Hawaii for 3,000 years. Renowned for its relaxing, calming and focusing effects said to reduce stress, anxiety and muscle tension, kava has exploded in popularity. Kava Mama sources its ingredients from Vanuatu, Fiji and Papua New Guinea and prepares Atlanta's finest kava in the heart of downtown, where it is available to purchase from the company’s headquarters.

Cirrus CBD Beverages

Freshly launched Cirrus is Atlanta's premier sparkling CBD beverage manufacturer, featuring a range of tropical flavors and healthful ingredients such as Kata, a ginger and turmeric blend. All of its beverages are zero-calorie with no sweeteners and use a unique water-soluble CBD extract for the purest beverage possible. Currently available for purchase online.

Arden's Garden

27 years ago, Arden Zinn began making fresh juices in her home kitchen to enjoy between family and friends, with the belief that fresh juice was a delicious way to live healthier. Soon after, she opened her first squeezing facility, driving door-to-door along with daughter Leslie and son Ed to deliver her healthy beverages to the masses. Now, with 16 retail stores around Georgia and placement in coffee shops along with most grocery and health food stores, Arden's Garden is Atlanta's leading juice manufacturer, making fresh juice five days a week in its two East Point processing plants. Juices, smoothies and shots are made with over 20 different fruits and veggies and the latest health-boosting ingredients.

Atlanta Hard Cider Co.

A destination cidery located in Marietta with 12+ ciders on tap, along with special barrel-aged offerings, cocktails made with its signature vodka and much more. Founded in 2017, Atlanta Hard Cider is the brainchild of Mark and Liz Deno, who spent years studying cider in the Pacific Northwest before bringing it back east. Now, its Georgia's top cider producer, featuring widespread retail placement in restaurants, grocery stores and bottle shops.

Old Fourth Distillery

Founded by two brothers who decided to open Atlanta's first distillery since 1906, focusing on a neighborhood centered, sustainable approach to creating the finest spirits in Atlanta. It employs non-GMO sugarcane to make a vodka that requires less energy and creates zero waste – resulting in a byproduct of just pure, distilled water, and a vapor-infused gin for the freshest botanical flavor.

Every bottle of O4D is made by hand in its 1,100-square-foot distillery in the Old Fourth Ward by a small team that does all the fermentation, distillation, bottling and packaging with its custom, handmade CARL copper still. Look for its Bottled in Bond Bourbon, Gin, Vodka and Lawn Dart ginger lemon liqueur in package stores and restaurants throughout Georgia wherever fine spirits are sold.