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Brand of pre-mixed cocktail drinks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BuzzBallz is an American brand of pre-mixed cocktail drinks.
The drink was invented by Merrilee Kick and her sons Alex and Andrew in 2009, who was then a high school teacher, in Dallas, Texas. The idea for the cocktail started with a spherical glass that Kick owned.[1]
In a 2016 interview with Forbes, Kick described her difficulties raising money for her business, stating that she was told that she was unlikely to survive in a male-dominated industry. She said she "wouldn’t label [herself] as a feminist because [she] loves guys" and that women have "special skills that men don’t".[2]
Matt Merkin of Liquor.com described the cocktails as "strong, cheap and ... a lot of fun" and the line of products to have created "an underground drinking phenomenon", stating that they have "colorful containers and equally colorful names".[1] Albert Burneko of Deadspin described BuzzBallz as "the sad cocktail grenades you always wanted".[3] Katie Orlady of the website Spoon University described the drink as a "blinding elixir" and "boozy orbs".[4]
Marcie Seidel of the Drug Free Action Alliance, an Ohio-based substance abuse prevention group, described the 20% alcohol content of the cocktails to be "really scary" and said that the packaging, which targets young people, is concerning for them.[5]
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