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As bars lose ground as the default meet-up spot, something has to fill the gap, and game nights, which work just as well with seltzer as with cocktails, fit the moment.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026 Wine trends also have favored boozy and bracing styles, a hard sell for folks used to sipping hard seltzers at the club.—ABC News,
22 June 2026 The Samba sneaker’s high-traction rubber outsole makes hard seltzer spills underfoot a nonissue.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 June 2026 Along with their beer and hard seltzers, Boulevard offers a full food menu of pub fare, large TVs to watch the matches and an outdoor patio for extra seating.—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for seltzer
Word History
Etymology
modification of German Selterser (Wasser) water of Selters, from Nieder Selters, Germany