Drinks

Fizzy Drink Passion Fuels Zèle Cannabis-Infused Craft Beverages

February 28, 2023 · Forbes

Two young entrepreneurs turned their zeal for fizzy drinks and cannabis into a craft beverage brand, using tasteless full-spectrum cannabis as well as organic and simple ingredients. Canada-based Zèle (pronounced zéll) is helping to transform the cannabis beverage game, led by CEO and Formulator Callum Hanton, and National Brand Manager Jonathan Martin. Both were under the age of 20 when Hanton first developed the company’s proprietary technology, and when they launched the brand. “We have overcome many hurdles to get to where we… Read more.

Massachusetts’ Harpoon Brewery Launches its First THC Beverage

February 26, 2023 · Ganjapreneur

Massachusetts-based Harpoon Brewery has launched its first THC-infused beverage, Rec. Weed, in partnership with Novel Beverage Company. Harpoon Brewery has launched its first THC-based beverage, Rec. Weed, in partnership with Novel Beverage Company. The company describes Rec. Weed as “hop-forward yet approachable.” It contains no alcohol, 5 milligrams of THC, real passionfruit puree, green tea, and hops.  Dan Kenary, CEO and co-founder of Harpoon, said it partnered with Novel on the product because of its “vast knowledge” of the cannabis… Read more.

Jones Soda’s Weed-Infused Soda Is Coming to a New State

January 10, 2023 · Thrillist

Last summer, Jones Soda dipped its brightly colored soda toes into the weed market. It debuted a new soda called Mary Jones, which was exclusively available in California. Now, Jones Soda has announced it will expand its distribution of Mary Jones. Its recognizable glass bottles will slide onto dispensary shelves in Washington, the company's home state. In addition to it being the company's home, Jones says that the recreational weed market in Washington had sales totaling roughly $1.5 billion in 2021, and… Read more.

What looks like pot, acts like pot, but is legal nearly everywhere? Meet hemp-derived delta-9 THC.

November 2, 2022 · USA Today

ST. LOUIS — It was not shocking that people listening to musicians covering Grateful Dead and Phish songs in October at a dive bar here would be interested in trying a new drink containing delta-9 THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in weed. What was unusual was seeing a bar owner – in this case, Pop’s Blue Moon’s Joshua Grigaitis – grab cans of the drink and give them to customers without looking over his shoulder in a state where recreational pot remains illegal,… Read more.