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Starting Friday, concession stands on the city’s iconic fleet of giant orange ships will sell beer, hard seltzers and canned cocktails for the first time since 2019.—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026 Ours are actually hard seltzer-based,and that has very little flavor.—Kate Perez, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 There was an open bar with two signature drinks – The Bubbly Rose, which featured blackberry, seltzer and vodka, and a red sangria – hors d'oeuvres and background music from a jazz trio made up of members of the Bluewater Kings Band, who would play the reception.—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 17 Mar. 2026 Enjoy $5 craft drafts and seltzers, $1 popcorn and $3 burgers.—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seltzer
Word History
Etymology
modification of German Selterser (Wasser) water of Selters, from Nieder Selters, Germany