--- title: Alcoholic Cold Brew Is Here to Make Your Mornings Weird description: Bad Larry's will be selling a "cold hard coffee" this spring that includes 6% alcohol in its canned cold brew product. canonical: https://time.com/4697056/alcoholic-cold-brew-coffee/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-09T21:19:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:46.289Z og:title: Alcoholic Cold Brew Is Here to Make Your Mornings Weird og:description: Bad Larry's might kick up your summer caffeine habit. og:url: https://time.com/4697056/alcoholic-cold-brew-coffee/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a43defaf6d1bb95/6988bdc797cdff950e6afc5d/bad-larrys-coffee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1193&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1193 og:image:height: 671 og:image:alt: bad-larrys-coffee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alcoholic Cold Brew Is Here to Make Your Mornings Weird twitter:description: Bad Larry's might kick up your summer caffeine habit. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a43defaf6d1bb95/6988bdc797cdff950e6afc5d/bad-larrys-coffee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1193&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Cold Hard' Alcoholic Coffee Is Also Here to Make Your Mornings Weird > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 9, 2017 9:19 PM UTC  Bad Larry's  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 9, 2017 9:19 PM UTC Need an extra kick in the morning? A brand of canned [cold brew coffee](http://www.extracrispy.com/drinks/1077/now-you-can-make-your-own-cold-brew-on-the-go) called Bad Larry’s has decided to amp up its offerings this spring with an alcoholic version. You read that right: the morning’s caffeine boost is about to get that much weirder, so consider rethinking your early meeting schedule. Following in the wake of news about [alcohol-infused coffee](http://time.com/4690609/wine-infused-coffee/) out of California, the Midwest is throwing in “cold hard coffee” into the mix. It’s a locally-sourced cold brew that will get steeped and infused with nitrogen before being canned in Wisconsin, but it’s the addition of malt liquor that takes this beverage to new levels. Bad Larry’s cold brew “\[straddles\] the line between coffee and beer,” according [to the brand](https://www.drinkbadlarry.com/). Each 11.5 oz can will contain 6% ABV (and 180 mg of caffeine, which is just a little less than [what you’d get in a Starbuck’s grande](https://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-content/starbucks-cold-brew) Cold Brew). The bad news is that Bad Larry’s is only selling in Minnesota and Wisconsin to start, although further Midwest expansion is in the works. 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