For Mia
Clean + Conscious Awards 2026 — Finalist
Made EFFORTFULLY
because shortcuts
AREn'T good enough.
A personal introduction to Australia's only brewed alcoholic coconut water.
Hi, Mia.
I'm Jill — I wanted to introduce myself before you taste the drinks — below is a short(ish) video message that shares a little about our business, brand and product.
I've also included our tasting cards for each Coco Loco flavours; we've found that these notes help prepare people for what they may taste. As we are the only fermented coconut water alcohol product in the world it can be hard for people to know what to expect. Please let me know if you have a builds that I should add to these tastings notes!
Lastly, a special cocktail spritz recipe we selected just for you.
Enjoy x
Jill Co-Founder, Coco Loco
Watch: A personal introduction from Jill — 1:35
What you're tasting
Pineapple
Piña Colada
Coco Loco Pineapple is a light and spritzy Piña Colada but like a cider — it's not alcohol added to coconut water.
Best flavour for: Drinkers who like pineapple + coconut as well as fermented beverages like white wine, cider, kombucha, light beer.
Passionfruit
Passion Spritz
Coco Loco Passionfruit tastes exactly like Australia's iconic soft drink Passiona. And the other one — Pasito — with just a hint of coconut water, naturally.
Best flavour for: Anyone who loves Passiona or Pasito and passionfruit-forward drinks.
Your recipe
Make mine a...
Frosty Fruitini.
Both cans. One glass. Zero shortcuts.
Ingredients
- 165mL Coco Loco Piña Colada (half a can)
- 165mL Coco Loco Passion Spritz (half a can)
- 30mL fresh orange juice
- 15mL fresh lime juice
- Pinch of flaky sea salt
Method
- Add the orange juice, lime juice, and sea salt to the glass. Give it a quick stir to dissolve the salt.
- Fill the glass with ice — crushed works best here.
- Pour in the Piña Colada half first, then the Passion Spritz.
- One long, slow stir from bottom to top.
- Garnish and serve immediately.
Garnish: A pineapple wedge, half a passionfruit scooped on top, and a bamboo straw.
Clean + Conscious Finalist
Drink Better.
Six things that make Coco Loco unlike anything else in the category.
Brewed, not spirit-mixed.
Every other hard seltzer starts with a neutral alcohol base — essentially vodka and soda water. We ferment real coconut water to create the alcohol itself. It's a genuine brewing process, and we're the only brand in the world doing it.
Nutritional guardrails from day one.
We set non-negotiable limits before we started brewing: ≤ 3.6g of sugar per can, ~115 kcal, one standard drink, all natural ingredients. These weren't marketing targets — they were design constraints that shaped the entire product.
Zero-waste sourcing model.
We source coconut water from an Australian supplier, ordering only the exact volume each batch requires — eliminating ordering waste entirely. Where retailer best-before-date stock becomes available, we rescue it into our brewing batches rather than letting it go to landfill.
Packaging that earns its place.
Infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, printed directly onto the substrate — no labels, no adhesive. BioPak six-pack holders: plastic-free, compostable, applied by hand. FSC-certified cartons, repurposed produce boxes for smaller orders. Nothing oversized. Nothing wasted.
No discounts. No health-washing.
We don't run Black Friday sales, first-order discount codes, or deep promotions. We don't use "wellness" or "healthy" language to market an alcohol product. We're honest about what this is — and we believe that honesty is a form of social responsibility the industry needs more of.
The effortful business.
We chose the most sustainable packaging even though it's incompatible with automated production lines. We hand-apply every six-pack holder. We cut our own shipping cartons to size. We do this because we believe the detail matters — and because "better" isn't a destination, it's a standard.
About Coco Loco
Australia's first — and the world's only — brewed alcoholic coconut water.
Founded by Jill Hale in Melbourne. Every can is fermented in regional Victoria with real coconut water, real fruit juice, and nothing artificial.
From The Journal
Further reading.
Coconut Water Cocktails: 6 Recipes Worth Making at Home
Six low-sugar serves using Coco Loco as the base — from spritzes to frozen cocktails.
Low Sugar Alcohol: A Guide to Drinking Less (Sugar)
What "low sugar" actually means in alcohol, and how to find drinks that deliver on the label.
Brewed vs Spirit-Mixed Hard Seltzer: How They're Made and Why It Matters
The production difference that changes what's in the can — and what it means for you.