The track was written by Marv Green, Ben Hayslip, and Justin Wilson, while production was solely handled by Shelton's longtime producer Scott Hendricks.
[2] Warner Bros. Nashville issued "Straight Outta Cold Beer" as the album's third promotional single on May 13, 2016,[3] following "Friends" on April 8 and "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" on May 9.
[6][7] "Straight Outta Cold Beer" was written and composed by Marv Green, Ben Hayslip, and Justin Wilson,[8] while production was solely handled by Shelton's longtime producer Scott Hendricks.
[13] Similarly, Keith Harris from Rolling Stone called it a "rowdy party-starter" and appreciated its word play reference to the 1988 N.W.A album Straight Outta Compton in the title.
[3] Regarding the subject matter of "Straight Outta Cold Beer", Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic found Shelton to be "rais[ing] a little hell".