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I Replaced My Evening Beer With Cann Social Tonic. Here’s What Happened Next

A THC/CBD “social tonic” that lives up to its name (and tastes a hell of a lot better than White Claw).

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Pretty much every year around mid-summer, as the weather heats up and the pool club and river trip invites start trickling in, I look down at my expanding gut with a twinge of shame and embarrassment.

That’s because river season also = grilling season, and I guzzle beers like my life depends on it most nights of the week throughout June and July. That is, until the unseemly amount of weight I’ve put on sends me spiraling—and searching for something that can hit that light-beer-on-a-summer’s-evening spot, without coming at a caloric price of 120 a pop.

For me, that’s where Cann’s Social Tonic comes in. These crushable little cans of low-dose THC CBD seltzer have become my go-to beer replacement for those times I’m trying to avoid alcohol, but still want to knock back a relaxing bevvy on a weeknight. With only 2mg THC and 4mg CBD, they’re the perfect dose for the canna-curious, as well as retired stoners like me who still enjoy a dabble from time to time.

Plus, with each 8 oz can clocking in at just 30-40 calories and flavored with all-natural ingredients, they’re way healthier—and way tastier—than most alcoholic options (especially those nasty White Claws). So I decided to swap (at least some of) my beer for Cann Social Tonic to see what happened.

Cann Social TOnic, AT A SIP

Cann’s 2mg cans of Social Tonic come in five flavors: Lemon Lavender, Blood Orange Cardamom, Grapefruit Rosemary, Ginger Lemongrass, and Yuzu Elderflower. The fruit herb combo is an ingenious approach to cannabis beverage flavoring—the refreshing, fruit-forward palate at first gives way to a lingering herbaceousness that masks any evidence of a weedy flavor, making these IMO the best tasting weed sodas I’ve had.

The carbonation is zingy and it has a crisp mouthfeel that pairs perfectly with the flavor combos, making Cann distinctly craveable aside from its psychoactive properties (more about that below).

My favorite Cann flavors, in order, are: Yuzu Elderflower (goes crazy), Ginger Lemongrass (very very tasty), Lemon Lavender (yummy), Blood Orange Cardamom (quite nice), and Grapefruit Rosemary (sorry, I don’t love Grapefruit!).

The cans are small, at just 8 ounces, but the light buzz kicks in before you finish your first one (and, if you’re a lightweight like me, one is enough!). The 1:2 THC:CBD blend is just the way I like it: the THC is just enough to raise a little ~question mark~ in your consciousness, while the CBD is there to tell you “it’s........

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