Gay Water is a nned vodka soda and liftyle brand curated by and for the queer muny. We speak to founr Spencer Hodson about the makg of the brand, the challeng he's faced along the way, and the greater gay good.
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- MOVE OVER BUD LIGHT, GAY WATER IS HERE AND IT’S QUEER
- IT’S HERE, IT’S QUEER: INTRODUCG GAY WATER, A LGBTQIA+ CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND AIMG TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD GAY
- HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- GAY WATER CLAPS BACK AT BUD LIGHT'S INSCERE LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
- CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
- GAY WATER — CYNIL, PAT-BY-NUMBERS VIRTUE-SURFG START-UP? OR BEVERAGE INDTRY UNIRN WH GIFT OF GAY RIGHTS?
- A DRK FOR THE COMMUNY - GAY WATER
- FABULO FIZZ: D2C HARD SELTZER BRAND GAY WATER COM OUT
- ‘GAY WATER’ IS A NEW VODKA SODA STARTUP WH A MISSN TO CELEBRATE LGBTQ+ INTY
- GAY WATER
MOVE OVER BUD LIGHT, GAY WATER IS HERE AND IT’S QUEER
Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone. * gay water *
In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.
“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.
Gay Water, however, is out and proud.
IT’S HERE, IT’S QUEER: INTRODUCG GAY WATER, A LGBTQIA+ CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND AIMG TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD GAY
Today marks the release of a new ready-to-drk (RTD) brand, Gay Water, has arrived and ’s found and ground the LGBTQ+ muny. * gay water *
The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.
HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS
For many years, the term 'gay water' has been known wh the queer muny as a lloquialism for a vodka soda. As of today, the brand Gay Water officially lnch to brg that phrase to the mastream as one of the first alholic beverag found and ground the LGBTQ+ muny. * gay water *
“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.
Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.
For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
Lnchg Thursday is a brightly lored nned vodka and soda beverage lled Gay Water that proudly displays who ’s for, stead of backg off om support for the LGBTQ+ muny like Bud Light did. * gay water *
Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.
“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. *Photo cred: Gay Water via Instagram.
GAY WATER CLAPS BACK AT BUD LIGHT'S INSCERE LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
Urban Dictnary, "Gay Water" is "A vodka soda water wh lemon or lime. A gay man's perfect gateway to a good buzz and a small waistle." In a sentence: * gay water *
Where Bud Light sks, Gay Water ris to the ocsn. On Thursday, the brightly-packaged nned alholic beverage Gay Water lnched s way to happy hours.
CANNED COCKTAIL GAY WATER AIMS TO RIGHT BUD LIGHT'S LACK OF LGBTQ+ SUPPORT
Fabulo Fizz: D2C Hard Seltzer Brand Gay Water Com Out - 07/21/2023 * gay water *
Named after the nickname given to the vodka and soda bo that’s equently orred gay bars, Gay Water wants to be the drk of choice for the queer muny. Spencer Hodson, a gay man, created the product wh the LGBTQ+ muny md. Hodson created Gay Water to be out, loud, and proud.
And while Gay Water’s four sugar-ee flavors, watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu, n be purchased select retailers, Gay Water’s reach is expand through onle sal.
GAY WATER — CYNIL, PAT-BY-NUMBERS VIRTUE-SURFG START-UP? OR BEVERAGE INDTRY UNIRN WH GIFT OF GAY RIGHTS?
* gay water *
“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self. Sometim great ias start om vatn nversatns, as did the creatn of Gay Water. Wh that, Hodson believ that ’s “exactly the right time” to enter Gay Water to the market.
A DRK FOR THE COMMUNY - GAY WATER
Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone.
(Photo: Gay Water).
FABULO FIZZ: D2C HARD SELTZER BRAND GAY WATER COM OUT
Gay Water is a new vodka soda pany lookg to shake thgs up and reprent the queer muny by stigmatizg the word gay wh s boozy nned beverag.
The fn of “gay” means “happy, ” yet over the years perceptn of the word shifted to negative as people began g as a disparagg term for people and thgs. “There has been a distct lack of LGBTQ+ reprentatn the alhol dtry, but Gay Water aims to change this, ” says Spencer Hodson, Founr and CEO of Gay Water.
First wh Mom Water then Dad Water and now Gay Water.
‘GAY WATER’ IS A NEW VODKA SODA STARTUP WH A MISSN TO CELEBRATE LGBTQ+ INTY
The name of the brand fs the product sce the term ‘gay water’ has been known wh the queer muny for some time now as a lloquialism for a vodka soda. There are several brands jog on the love cludg Gay Beer, Supergay Vodka and Drag Superstar RuPl’s le of nned cktails and mocktails, Hoe of Love. Gay Water Gay Water sgle flavor packs will nta six 12oz ns for $18.
Gay Water is shippg to 35 stat and is available onle at the brand’s webse or at retailers across the US.
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- Canned Vodka Soda Brand created by and for the LGBTQ+ muny Aims to Dtigmatize the word 'Gay', Lnch wh Four Inic FlavorsNEW YORK, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For many years, the term 'gay water' has been known wh the queer muny as a lloquialism for a vodka soda. As of today, the brand Gay Water officially lnch to brg that phrase to the mastream as one of the first alholic beverag found and ground the LGBTQ+ Water LogoGay Water is more than a beverage pany, is a brand that will reprent the LGBTQ+ muny 365 days a year.