I traded alcohol for these infused drinks and haven't looked back
So when we both stopped drinking alcohol this year, it left a little gap in the ritual. We don't miss the effects, but we do miss having a beverage that feels like a reward. Something you sip at the end of the day that says I did things and I deserve bubbles. Enter: Cornbread Hemp's new sparkling infused drinks.
Now, you already know how I feel about Cornbread Hemp. What started as product testing a new brand for The Post quickly turned into a personal obsession (and turned me into a CBD believer). So, I had a few of the brand's new bevs in the fridge for myself, but on one especially brutal day (limping horse, garden hose explosion, dead snake incident — classic Tuesday), I handed mom a cold can of Cornbread and said, 'Just try it.'
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She gave it the look. 'What is this? Am I going to get loopy? Am I going to taste it?'
'Nope. Trust me, you'll like it.'
And as though I were Aladdin, she actually grabbed the can from my outstretched arm, squinted at the label, and cracked it open. 'It smells better than LaCroix,' which is high praise coming from a woman who once said sparkling water 'wasted refrigerator space.' She took a sip. Then another. Then, the most aftertaste-sensitive woman in America silently wandered off to do her next chore. Twenty minutes later, I walked over to the horse pasture to find her softly humming Katy Perry and going about her work like it wasn't excruciating labor. That's how I knew she liked it. She didn't want to give me the satisfaction (love you, mom), but I know a good sparkling beverage when I have one.
We've since developed a new ritual: garden-tending and chaos-wrangling by day, clean cans and back porch debriefs by night. And she'll never admit it, but she now calls them 'my drinks.'
Cornbread Hemp
Pros: No detectable hemp aftertaste
Sugar-free and made with clean, all-natural ingredients
Subtle, grown-up flavors with perfect light carbonation
Sleek, minimal packaging that blends in anywhere
Cons: Limited retail availability depending on your state's legislation
Cornbread Hemp's infused sparkling drinks are 12-ounce cans of lightly flavored, all-natural sourced refreshment, made with active ingredients sourced from the hemp plant from Kentucky. Available in four subtly sweet flavors, these beverages are sugar-free, stevia-free, and non-caffeinated, offering a clean, fizzy alternative to alcohol, energy drinks, or overly sweet mocktails.
The carbonation is soft but satisfying, and the flavors are refreshingly natural— no synthetic aftertaste or mystery ingredients here. They're designed for adults 21+ and only ship across the US (except Idaho and Utah), so double-check your local laws before you try to stock up.
Size: 12 fl oz per can | Flavors: Raspberry Limeade, Peach Iced Tea, Salted Watermelon, Blueberry Breeze | Sweeteners: None (no added sugar or stevia) | Hemp: all-natural Kentucky-grown extract | Age Requirement: 21+ | Shipping: Varies by state (check local legislation)
Why Cornbread Hemp's drinks work (for both of us)
Cornbread Hemp's infused sparkling beverages are surprisingly elegant. Not in a pearls-and-white-tablecloth kind of way, but in the sense that everything in them just…works. The flavors are understated and fresh — no fake sugar or vegetal aftertaste and none of that bitter, over-extracted hemp taste that wrecks most drinks in this category. The Raspberry Lime flavor is crisp and bright, and the Blueberry one tastes like summer in a can. Think fresh-picked, not candy-shelved.
Each 12-ounce can is made from all-natural ingredients, including Kentucky-grown hemp extract — clean, no-nonsense, and designed for grown-ups who care about ingredient lists (or maybe even grow their own cherry tomatoes). There's no caffeine, no added sugar, and just the right amount of fizz. Not the kind that burns your throat. More like a tiny celebration.
I've tried a lot of infused drinks over the past couple of years, and this one is easily the best-tasting. No, I'm not kidding. Some of them feel like you have to endure the taste for the reward. This one? The taste is the reward. I genuinely crave it at the end of the day — and not in a 'something's missing from my bloodstream' kind of way, but in a 'this makes doing dishes less annoying' kind of way.
The verdict
If you're cutting back on alcohol, hate how sugary most mocktails are, or just want something that feels a little special in your hand after a long day, Cornbread Hemp should be your first option. I've brought them to friends and enjoy them during slow evenings at the ranch, solo painting sessions in the garage, and porch hangs with my mom. They fit into all of them. It's discreet, elegant, and satisfying without being sugary or heavy.
I recommend starting off with one beverage and waiting a bit to see if you'd like to indulge more to receive your desired effect. Just make sure you're 21+ before you try it — and definitely check your state's laws before ordering. Not every place is equally cool with infused drinks just yet.
From now until the end of July, you can take 30% off your first beverage order at Cornbread Hemp using code POSTBEV30.
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