Why CBD Drinks Are The Perfect Alcohol Replacement 

Written By Gemma Mills

There are a whole host of reasons why people eliminate alcohol or reduce it. Dry January is becoming an event of the past as people are choosing to moderate or abstain the whole year through. 

So, as more choose to quit the alcohol, people are becoming more experimental when it comes to alcohol-free cocktails and ingredients that support their lifestyle choices. 

Here are three key reasons why people are packing in the booze

  1. Hang-xiety. The feeling of anxious feelings when waking up after a night of drinking. 

  2. Improved concentration and productivity. Wasting a whole day on the sofa not even enjoying the relaxation because your head is pounding and all you want to do is sleep just doesn’t feel so appealing anymore. Many are swapping this for a gym class, a coffee date, a hike or chosen relaxation instead of forced.

  3. Mental and physical health. We know drinking a large quantity has links to many problems such as high blood pressure, depression & anxiety, cancer and memory issues.

With health and improved concentration & productivity being important factors to giving up the booze, more people are now looking for functional products that also bring benefits when drinking them. CBD has come a long way in the past five years going from a Daily Mail headline sensation of false information around cannabis and CBD making you ‘high’, to a greater understanding with continued industry education and growing popularity of CBD products. 

Here are the top three CBD myths debunked:  

  1. CBD makes you ‘high’. FALSE. CBD is the non psychoactive part of the plant and therefore will not and cannot make you high. 

  2. You cannot drive after a CBD product. FALSE. There is no alcohol and no psychoactive effect to CBD and therefore you are safe to drive.

  3. CBD tastes horrible. FALSE. As with any product, all CBD products are different and therefore created in different ways with different ingredients. Not all products taste the same. All Goodrays CBD Drinks flavours taste sensational and have the highest quality CBD, which we always recommend. 

So, why are CBD drinks becoming so popular as an alternative to alcohol?

  1. Benefits. Many of the benefits that can come with consuming CBD are the reasons many leave alcohol behind. CBD can improve anxiety & depression, improve concentration, can improve mobility and aches and can improve sleep quality.

  2. Awareness. With a number of CBD brands doing an incredible job on branding, positioning and marketing, awareness has significantly grown in the CBD space. 

  3. Accessibility. Being more accessible means these products become less taboo and more a part of daily life. Goodrays are now available in Waitrose which is incredibly important when it comes to consumer behaviours towards these products. 

Summer Paloma With Benefits

Using two of our favourite alcohol-free brands, Goodrays & Pentire, this cocktail combines coastal botanicals and premium CBD to create a cocktail full of benefits. 

Ingredients

  • Goodrays Passionfruit & Pomelo CBD Drink

  • 50ml Pentire Seaward

  • 10ml Agave Syrup 

  • 10ml Lime Juice 

  • 60ml Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice 

Method

  1. Dip the rim of a margarita glass in some lime juice. Dip into a plate of salt and chilli flakes. 

  2. Shake all ingredients except the Goodrays into a shaker with ice. 

  3. Strain into the glass and top with Goodrays.

  4. Garnish with a lime slice and fresh passionfruit seeds.

Elderflower & Yuzu Collins 

Ideal for the Summertime and is also a great way to use up the alcohol-free gins you have at home - or indeed a great way to try out an alcohol free gin you have been wanting to try out for a while!

Ingredients

  • 50ml alcohol-free gin (Pentire, New London Light’s First Light)

  • 250ml Goodrays Elderflower & Yuzu 

  • Slice of lemon & sprig of mint.

Method 

  1. Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour over the alcohol-free gin and Goodrays. 

  2. Stir gently and garnish with a lemon slice and sprig of mint.

Grapefruit Sour 

Perfect zesty flavour balanced out by a touch of sweet to create a fantastic alcohol free cocktail. 

Ingredients 

  • 1/2 lemon juiced

  • 1 egg white

  • 2 tbsp simple sugar syrup 

  • Can of Goodrays Blood Orange & Grapefruit

  • Grapefruit zest garnish 

Method

  1. Shake the lemon juice, egg white & sugar syrup with ice in a shaker.

  2. Strain into two short cocktail glasses filled with ice.

  3. Top with Goodrays and garnish with grapefruit zest. 

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Gemma Mills
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