Jones Soda celebrates 21 years with unveiling of Spiked Jones hard cider-soda

SEATTLE — Jones Soda is celebrating 21 years in business with the launch of its first alcoholic hard cider-soda beverage. The company on Wednesday announced the introduction of Spiked Jones, which it created in collaboration with Olympia, Wash.-based Spire Mountain Ciders cider maker Jeff Bland. 

The first Spiked Jones flavor, green apple, uses the same natural flavors as the Jones Soda variety and is 6% alcohol by volume. Spiked Jones is packaged in a green glass bottle with a traditional crown cap to differentiate it from the Jones Soda brand.

“As Jones Soda turns 21, we couldn’t think of a more fitting way to celebrate than to launch an alcohol-based extension, Spiked Jones,” Jones Soda CEO Jennifer Cue said. “This is a product we have actually been contemplating for years, having filed the ‘Spiked Jones’ name in 1997. Innovating and launching the first hard cider-soda beverage is a natural transition and it allows us to enter an entirely new category with our brand, reaching a demographic that grew up loving our soda.”

Spiked Jones is set to launch this summer in the Pacific Northwest market, distributed by longtime Jones Soda partner Columbia Distributing, the company said.