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Get Your (Hangover-Free) Summer Buzz On with Cornbread Hemp THC Seltzers

Summer day drinking without the downsides. 

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There is a specific kind of summer heat where alcohol starts sounding like a treat, and also a threat.

The sun is too loud, everyone is drinking something from a cooler, and one hard seltzer suddenly feels like a one-way ticket to a headache and a nap you didn’t plan on. That’s when THC drinks are the hail Mary for me. I still want the can, I still want the bubbles, and I still want something cold to hold while everyone else is buzzing on High Noons.

Cornbread Hemp’s 5mg THC Seltzer Variety Pack fits that need really well. It’s a low-dose, hemp-derived THC drink that fits perfect for pool days, barbecues, backyard hangs, beach coolers, and post-work summer evenings when plain sparkling water feels too responsible but alcohol sounds annoying.

Each can has 5mg THC, no CBD, no caffeine, and no synthetic cannabinoids, so the effect is pretty clean and straightforward. The variety pack comes with four summer-coded flavors: Raspberry Limeade, Blueberry Breeze, Peach Iced Tea, and Salted Watermelon (which made our 4/20 High Edit).

The 5mg version is not the THC drink I’d go for if I wanted to get aggressively high (although the 10mg version would work for that). It’s definitely the one I’d drink when I want the ritual of a hard seltzer without the booze, the hangover, or the emotional instability that sometimes comes with drinking in 90-degree weather.

Cornbread Hemp’s 5mg THC Seltzer Variety Pack is exactly the kind of THC drink I want in summer: cold, crisp, low-dose, and not trying too hard.

It’s not the strongest weed drink. It’s like a low ABV % hard seltzer alternative with a little THC lift and no alcohol crash. The 5mg dose makes it approachable without feeling pointless, and the flavors are light enough to drink outside without feeling like you’re chugging melted candy.

Buy it if: you want a low-dose THC seltzer for pool days, barbecues, beach coolers, or post-work summer evenings—there’s a higher dose, 10mg THC option available too.

Skip it if: you want a heavy edible-style high, a THC CBD blend.

Best part: it actually feels like a summer drink, not a cannabis product pretending to be one.

Biggest drawback: there’s no CBD or other trace cannabinoids, so the effect feels a little more direct than a whole-plant, full-spectrum, well-rounded vibe

Variety Pack THC Seltzer, 5mg (opens in a new window)

Variety Pack THC Seltzer, 10mg (opens in a new window)

How I Tested Cornbread Hemp THC Seltzers

I tried these cold, straight from the can, which is how a THC seltzer should be judged first.

That felt like the fairest test because this is a summer seltzer pack. If I’m taking one to the backyard, the beach, a barbecue, or drinking it during a little lunch break reset, I’m probably not dressing it up, even though you totally could. But I’m cracking the can and hoping it tastes good enough on its own.

I already knew I liked the Salted Watermelon because it has that watermelon-with-salt thing I’m into, Tajín included. It’s light and refreshing without going full candy watermelon, which is usually where these flavors lose me. For the variety pack, I wanted to see if the rest of the lineup could hold its own or if I was........

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