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If Red Wine Makes You Sleep Like Trash, Try This Cycling Frog THC Seltzer Instead

Cycling Frog’s Black Currant THC Seltzer tastes like a red wine cooler with a mellow 10mg THC 10mg CBD high and a flavor surprisingly close to Stella Rosa Black.

By Maha Haq | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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Most THC drinks, including Cycling Frog, aim to replace canned beers and hard seltzers, while some are designed with light flavors to be mocktail mixers. And then there’s a few that are trying to be comparable to wine. Sure, there are cannabis-infused wines out there. But none are really hitting that wine cooler angle like Cycling Frog’s Black Currant THC Seltzer. So if you’re a wino, this is the perfect alcohol-free replacement that actually satisfies that itch.

Once you crack open the can, this immediately feels darker and richer than most of the THC beverages on the market. The black currant flavor has an almost wine-like depth and body to it, without trying too hard to imitate actual wine. It even looks like red wine when you pour it in a wine glass, which is a ritual and experience in itself.

Each can is balanced with 10mg THC 10mg CBD, a 1:1 ratio, which feels chill, steady, and comfortable enough to slowly sip like wine over time, especially during or after dinner. Dare I say, this could pass as a red dessert wine like Stella Rosa Black. And if 10mg THC is too much for you, don’t worry, there’s a low-dose 5mg THC option.

This wine cooler catfish kinda of acts like one and naturally vibes you out. And apparently I’m not the only one into it. Black Currant is currently Cycling Frog’s best-selling flavor for a reason.

TL;DR – My Quick Verdict

Buy it if: you want a THC drink that feels closer to wine than sparkling water

Skip it if: you only like bright, citrusy, refreshing flavors, or are looking for a mocktail mixer

Best part: flavor is a crowd please, high feels balanced, mellow, and long-lasting

Biggest drawback: the darker black currant flavor can’t be mixed into many drinks

How I Tested Cycling Frog’s Black Currant THC Seltzer

I tested Cycling Frog’s Black Currant THC Seltzers in two different settings in one evening: one full can with dinner, which I poured into an actual wine glass just to see if the “wine cooler” comparison in my head held up visually, and another can a few hours later while watching a movie at home.

I stuck to one can at a time because the 10mg THC 10mg CBD ratio sounded like it would slow me........

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