Defunct Brands in Alcoholic Beverages — Data-Driven List
Explore 6 discontinued or defunct brands in Alcoholic Beverages. Quick timelines, fate, and links to each profile.
This page is generated automatically from our brand dataset. Entries are sorted by the most recent closure (or earliest known activity when end year is unknown).
- Schlitz 1849–2026 • Schlitz was discontinued in 2026 after 177 years, ending production due to rising storage, shipping costs, and long-term sales decline.Alcoholic Beverages
- Four Loko (Original Caffeinated Formula) 2005–2010 • Reformulated in November 2010 after FDA warning. Caffeine, taurine, and guarana removed following nationwide ban on caffeinated alcoholic beveragesAlcoholic Beverages
- Sparks (Original Caffeinated Formula) 2002–2008 • Reformulated in late 2008 after MillerCoors reached a settlement with state regulators. The original formula lost its caffeine, taurine, guarana, and ginseng, which ended the version most people remember.Alcoholic Beverages
- Tilt (Original Formula) 2005–2008 • The original caffeinated Tilt formula was pulled in 2008 after Anheuser-Busch agreed with state attorneys general to stop making caffeinated alcoholic drinks. The brand continued for a while in a changed version without the stimulant ingredients.Alcoholic Beverages
- SKYY Blue US 2002–2004 • Skyy Blue, the cobalt-bottled malt beverage born from a partnership between Miller Brewing and Skyy Spirits, fizzled out of the U.S. market by 2004 as the entire malternative category it helped build came crashing down around it.Alcoholic Beverages
- Cisco Fortified Wine 1980–1991 • Reformulated from 20% alcohol content to 13.9% after public health in 1991Alcoholic Beverages