Who makes Kirkland Signature Vodka + Soda, 18-Can Variety Pack?

The deterministic route that settled the American vodka (LeVecke) and French vodka (Distillerie de Gayant): a Certificate of Label Approval for a spirit-based canned vodka soda names the bottler of record. ttbonline.gov blocks automated fetch and no Wayback snapshot of a Kirkland Vodka + Soda COLA exists, so this could not be resolved here. Flagged for Ian's browser: search the COLA registry for 'Kirkland Signature Vodka + Soda' / the 4.5% ABV canned product; a hit would promote this record out of unknown.

No Wayback capture exists of the Kirkland Vodka + Soda product page on costco.com or sameday.costco.com (item 1815455 / product 64556140), so the 2025+ PDP 'mfName' manufacturer facet that named other Kirkland suppliers is unavailable for this SKU. Route currently yields nothing.

No recall names Kirkland Signature Vodka + Soda or a co-packer of it. The RTD launched in early 2025 and has no recall history; the recall route surfaced no producer.

Extensive January 2025 launch coverage (18-pack, peach/watermelon/pineapple, 4.5% ABV, 100 cal, gluten-free, ~$24.99, pitched as a High Noon alternative) but none names the maker. RTD Magazine: "No word yet on who is manufacturing this product under the Kirkland name for Costco." The Takeout and Food Republic describe the product without identifying a producer. No executive statement or trade report names the bottler.

Confirmed this is a distinct SKU, not the existing hard-seltzer record. The Kirkland Hard Seltzer is a malt/sugar-brewed seltzer whose packaging brewing statement names Patco Brands of Hood River, Oregon. The Vodka + Soda is a spirit-based RTD (real vodka, 4.5% ABV) in a different product class; no source extends Patco's brewing statement — or any named producer — to it. The seltzer's label evidence does not cover this product, so it cannot be borrowed as attribution here.

Discussion is speculation only. Because the product is a near-clone of High Noon Sun Sips, some commenters wonder whether E&J Gallo (High Noon's maker) is behind it — no evidence supports that, and no consistent producer name emerges. Tier-6 chatter, nothing citable.

Structurally weak for this product: a domestically canned spirit-based RTD leaves little import signal, and Costco masks shipments via freight forwarders. No Costco vodka-soda co-packer surfaced. Absence of records proves nothing here (tier 5 caveat).