Best Premade Margarita Brands (Including Spicy and Flavored)

When we first endeavored to find the best premade Margarita, most of the entrants didn’t actually taste like a classic Margarita. We still managed to find some good canned Margaritas—they just happened to be fizzy, for the most part. But for this update we tried a bunch of new or newish Margarita cans and found a whole world of Margaritas in a can that really taste like Margaritas! 

What does that mean? Above all else, we were looking for bottled and canned Margaritas that, at the very least, tasted like tequila and lime. A lot of the Margarita cans we tried didn’t taste like they’d even heard of a Margarita. A Margarita needs to taste like tequila! Otherwise it’s just sweet citrus juice. 

And in our most recent taste test, we found both a canned Margarita brand and a bottled Margarita brand that fit that bill—and one of those is now the number one best premade Margarita on this list. We also found a flavored bottled Margarita that you really need to try.  

So, if you’re just looking for a good canned cocktail, we have you covered on a different page. But if you’re looking for the best Margarita in a can (or premade Margarita in a bottle), you’ve come to the right place. Here are the best canned Margaritas you can buy. 

(Looking for the best Margarita mix so you can make your own Margaritas at home? We ranked those, too.)

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Best Chili’s Style Marg

Margaritaville Golden Margarita

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Okay, okay, it’s not a canned Margarita. But it is a premade Margarita and it is ready to drink and chuggable. (But don’t actually chug it; it’s 12.5% ABV.) If you love a Cadillac Margarita from a chain restaurant with lots of flair on the wall, then this is the best premade Margarita you can buy. The only thing that’s missing is a salt-rimmed oversized glass.

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Rating:

7.5/10

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Best Sweet and Fizzy

Cazadores Margarita

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It’s fizzy, it’s zesty, it’s limey—it’s like Margarita soda. Cazadores makes a great canned tequila cocktail—we particularly love their Palomas—and the classic Marg is no exception. This is easy drinking and refreshing. You could stock a cooler full of these if you’re hosting a BBQ and everyone would be totally happy with your decision. It’s not the most tequila-forward flavor, though, so if you’re looking for a Margarita in a can that really tastes like a couple of shots of tequila, this isn’t the best canned Margarita for you.

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Rating:

8/10

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Best Sparkling Margarita

JuneShine Classic Tequila Margarita

Total Wine

I knew JuneShine from our best hard kombucha tasting, in which it took the number four spot. So, I honestly expected this canned Margarita to taste like kombucha—a little funky. But it’s not hard kombucha. It is a Margarita in a can, made simply with two shots of real tequila, real juice, sparkling water, and sea salt. There’s no added sugar. It’s shockingly good—like a Tequila Soda with a touch of sea salt and lime. It tastes clean and zesty and tangy—the best canned Margarita for day drinking. It’s not cloying and it definitely doesn’t feel like you’re drinking a soda. Shockingly, even sweet cocktail-lover Jordan Myrick likes this!

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Rating:

8.5/10

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Best Bottled Classic Marg

Mission Craft Cocktails Margarita

Total Wine

This bottled Margarita is a bit of a departure from the classic Margarita flavor profile. It’s so zesty that it almost tastes like there’s grapefruit in the mix. And the sweetness has this roundness to it that suggests Maraschino liqueur. But still, there’s no denying it’s a Margarita. It just tastes like a bartender had a little fun with the assignment. Break this bottled Margarita out during a dinner party for cocktail hour.

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Rating:

9/10

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Best Spicy (Not Fizzy)

Mission Craft Cocktails Jalapeno Pineapple Margarita

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This Margarita in a bottle is worthy of a craft cocktail bar—and, most importantly, it’s actually spicy with real peppery heat and flavor. It’s a bit strong poured straight out of the bottle, but a little ice will go a long way to help bring balance to the zippy tropical flavor and spice. My favorite part is the grassy, green tequila flavor that shines through the fruity pineapple. It lets you know you’re drinking a cocktail.

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Rating:

9.5/10

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Best of the Best

Cazadores Spicy Margarita

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This spicy Margarita in a can has a really wonderful jalapeño flavor that puts it over the top for me, along with great agave flavor, tart lime flavor, and not too much sugar. I just can’t stop drinking it (not in a problematic way…just because it’s so tasty!). And it’s really not that spicy, I promise. Unless you really can’t handle heat at all, you can handle this.

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Rating:

9.5/10

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Best of the Best

Golden Rule Margarita

Total Wine

After complaining so much about canned Margaritas not tasting like tequila, I finally found one that really, really does. In fact, this canned Margarita smells so much like straight tequila, I was afraid to take a sip. But upon sipping my nerves were eased (and not just by the alcohol). This tiny canned Margarita is balanced—limey and just sweet enough. But it definitely leans hard on the tequila. This is a grow-hair-on-your-chest sort of canned Margarita. And it’s not fizzy! It may be small, but it’s powerful. And it’s the best premade Margarita in a can you can buy.

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Rating:

10/10

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Other canned Margaritas we tried: Flying Embers Classic Lime, Flying Embers Blood Orange, Flying Embers Strawberry Guava, Mixololoshe, Cutwater Spicy Pineapple Margarita, Crook & Marker Lime , Monaco Watermelon, Monaco Spicy Margarita, Monaco Spicy Watermelon, Salt Point Margarita, Tip Top Margarita, Ole Margarita, VMC, Soula, BuzzBox Perfect Margarita, Cayman Jack Sweet Heat Margarita Variety Pack, Post Meridiem The Real Lime Juice Margarita