Review: Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverages (Updated 2026)
Review: Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverages (Updated 2026)
As the wave of cannabis legalization washes over the United States, new variations of cocktails are emerging at a rapid clip. Here to help fuel the wave of weed-based innovation is Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverage, a tart, fruit-forward infusion of low-dose or microdose cannabis that lends a refreshingly unusual flavor profile to the mixologists’ toolkit.
Unlike other cannabis-related beverages we’ve tried, many of which either infuse cannabis terpenes for flavor only, or pack CBD with little to no THC, Nowadays presents as an alcohol-free, THC-infused option for those who’d rather get their high from pot than from booze. As such, Nowadays breaks free of the profile we find in the typical spirit and even in the CBD waters or terpene-infused beers we’ve reviewed here on Drinkhacker.
Updated with Nowadays Lemonade review, 2026.
Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverage Review
Pull the bottle from its box and you’d be forgiven for mistaking its appearance for nigori sake. Nowdaways isn’t a brown liquor or a clear spirit, but a milky white solution. Pop the cork and the soft aromas of strawberries and mint come wafting from the bottle, mingled with a gentle weedy aroma that is not overpowering, but still reminds you there’s cannabis in this drink. In many respects, the aromatic experience is like that of a highly floral nigori right up to the first sip, at which point the flavor profile takes a sharp departure from its fermented-rice doppelganger. Nowadays has no alcohol flavor at all, because it contains no alcohol. Instead, it tastes strikingly like a solution of dissolved berry Sweetarts. That flavor profile might be off-putting in a conventional spirit, but Nowadays manages to balance the sweetness and tartness well enough to merit further sipping, and I enjoyed a couple of shots back to back. It also lends itself nicely to fruity cocktail recipes such as daiquiris and berry margaritas.
My sample bottle of Nowadays delivers 6mg of THC per 1.5-ounce shot, and I found a single shot set me up nicely for a light, heady buzz before bedtime, while two shots put me in the moderately stoned zone. As with any THC product, set, setting, and individual constitution will affect the experience dramatically, so I would suggest starting with one shot and waiting 30 minutes or so before trying a second. In addition to the 6mg/1.5oz low dose recipe, Nowadays also offers a microdose version containing 2mg of THC per 1.5 ounces.
A- / $60 per 750ml bottle ($40 for microdose version)
Nowadays Cannabis Infused Lemonade Review
This limited-edition lemonade version of Nowadays looks the part, as well it should. It’s made with water, sugar, natural flavors, and 5mg of Delta-9 THC per 1.5 ounces of beverage. Like the original version, it’s lightly cloudy — just like a good lemonade should be.
The flavor is exactly like lemonade — tart and moderately sweet, perhaps leaning a bit toward lime as it develops, with more of a Key lime character as it finishes. Sugar is a constant but there’s never too much of it — thought its 20 calories per 1.5 oz serving may be a little misleading, as the equivalent of 8 ounces of lemonade would equal a heftier 120 calories in your belly.
Of course, that’d also equate to 30mg of THC, which is perhaps the biggest problem with Nowadays Lemonade: It goes down far, far too easy, and with zero terpene character present on the palate (though there’s perhaps a whiff of the stuff when nosing an empty glass), you may well forget you’re drinking a fairly potent psychotropic concoction. (About 2 servings of this just about knocked me out, suggesting potency may be rather high.)
Self-control, alas, is all up to the consumer.
A / $69 per 750ml bottle (also available in single-serving cans)
Nowadays Cannabis Infused Beverage
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Is there any CBD in Nowadays? I only see THC and I thought that it had to have a small amount of CBD to help the THC be absorbent and to help you relax.
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I accidentally purchased a bottle of this at my local liquor store. I had been placing a few bottles on the counter as I shopped for the perfect margarita components. When the clerk rang me up, I was not paying attention. When I left with the bag, I didn’t notice that I had 4 bottles instead of just 3. When I got home, I had accidentally purchased a bottle of “Nowadays” THC-infused beverage. I asked my son about it, and he told me that delta-9 THC was federally legal. This is not a true statement. I thought it was probably something like CBD oil. I drank a couple of ounces of it to loosen up my aging joints. The next day, when I awakened, I thought I had accidentally drunk all 3 bottles of the ingredients for my perfect margarita. I was out of it for several hours the following day when I went to work. When I got home, I expected to see a nearly empty bottle of Tequila. The Tequila bottle was nearly full. I finally realized that I had been slightly high when I went to work that morning. It wore off in a few hours, but my thinking was definitely impaired that morning. Taste great. Packs a punch that I was not expecting.