Alaska Airlines Ups Its Bar Cart Game With Straightaway Canned Cocktails

Alaska Airlines has been lauded for its high rate of on-time arrivals, credit card programs with valuable airline miles, and a generous award stopover policy that allows traveres to tack on an extra city to their award travel plans with no extra cost. But now, travelers have another reason to book their flights with the Seattle-based airline: they can now sip Straightaway canned cocktails on most Alaska Airlines flights.

Alaska’s partnership with Straightaway is another example of the airline teaming up with trending Pacific Northwest food and beverage purveyors. The high-end drink maker— which has nabbed many awards for its classic cocktails since it opened in 2018 — is based in Portland, Oregon and has a tasting room on SE Hawthorne in the spirit-loving city’s Distillers Row.

Two of Straightaway’s favorite bottled cocktails will now be available for purchase in new 100-milliliter cans on Alaska’s in-flight menu during trips of 350 miles or more.

The Oregon Old Fashioned is a classic cocktail made with rye whiskey and simple syrup — given a Pacific Northwest spin thanks to house-made bitters made with Oregon’s famous hazelnuts and fir trees. With tasting notes of oak and orange, it brought home silver medals from the SF World Spirits Competition for the past two years.

The sweet, sour, and smoky Margarita is crafted with reposado tequila, lime juice, agave, and orange liqueur, plus mezcal, sea salt, and a habanero-mango simple syrup. The perfectly-balanced cocktail is also an award-winner: it nabbed double gold at the NY World Spirits Competition in 2022.

Straightaway’s Margarita and Old Fashioned canned cocktails , which cost $12 for passengers in Main Cabin and are free in Premium and First classes, are now available on Alaska Airlines flights of 350 miles or more.