Process for preparing a pre-mixed alcoholic beverage

A process for preparing a pre-mixed alcoholic beverage, the process comprising:

• providing an empty beverage capsule, step of providing comprising:
• loading the empty beverage capsule onto a turntable, the step of loading comprising:
• providing a supply of empty beverage capsules in a chute adjacent to the turntable;
• and
• dropping one of the empty beverage capsules from the supply of empty beverage capsules in the chute into a hole in the turntable such that the empty beverage capsule has an open end facing upwardly;
• and
• rotating the turntable with the empty beverage capsule in the hole toward a station adjacent the turntable, the station having a supply of dry mix therein;
• introducing a dry mix into the empty beverage capsule, the step of introducing comprising discharging a fixed quantity of the dry mix from the supply of dry mix into the open end of the empty beverage capsule;
• adding a liquid alcohol into the dry mix-added beverage capsule so as to substantially fill the beverage capsule, wherein the step of adding the liquid alcohol comprises:
• rotating the turntable from the station having the dry mix to another station, the another station having the supply of the liquid alcohol;
• and
• injecting or discharging the liquid alcohol into the open end of the dry mix-added beverage capsule;
• and
• affixing a lid over the filled beverage capsule.