Ritual Red: Cherry wine alternative you can feel
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Recipe for a functional cherry wine alternative you can actually feel
A lot of people are looking for alcohol-free wine that gives you a buzz. But let's be for real, the only thing that is going to give you the tipsy you feel after a glass or two of wine is... well, wine.
However, if the state you're seeking is actually to feel relaxed, uninhibited, warm, open, confident, joyful, giddy or something of the sort ~ then there is hope for you yet!
If you're looking for a functional red wine alternative, you probably need to make your own like I did.
(Or just add our Lucid ✦ Blue Lotus drops to your favorite zero-proof red wine. My friends really like Oddbird.)
Ritual Red recipe
One glass:
5 oz of Tart Cherry juice (NOT from concentrate - very important)
1 ml Lucid ✦ Blue Lotus drops
1 ml Chamomile tincture
1 ml Ionic Magnesium
2 ml HIbiscus tincture
2 drops Clove tincture
Full bottle:
24 oz of Tart Cherry juice (NOT from concentrate - very important)
5 ml Lucid ✦ Blue Lotus drops
5 ml Chamomile tincture
5 ml Ionic Magnesium
10 ml HIbiscus tincture
10 drops Clove tincture
Formulating my own functional red wine alternative
Back in Austin (TX) I started experimenting with a red wine alternative using various herbal tinctures and nootropics to achieve the feeling and flavor as close to a dry red as I could get it.
After a lot of kitchen witchin, I never quite figured out the "dry" part since the best base I could find was an organic minimally-processed tart juice which is naturally still very sweet, especially by wine standards. It dawned on me that it's really more like a cherry wine, cue one of my favorite Hozier songs.
The rise of Ritual Red Cherry Wine by Altar Native
Despite this, people REALLY liked my wine-like concoction. I had one friend buy 6 bottles within a month and another offer me $10k in funding to get it into production. Sadly, after running the numbers, turns out it would cost way more to bring my red wine alternative to market and I need to focus on getting our herbal drops into the hands of those who need them.
But I'm not much for gatekeeping a good thing so... here's the recipe. Enjoy!
A note on the juice:
The base needs to be an Organic Tart Cherry Juice (NOT FROM CONCENTRATE) or it won't work. The juice NEEDS to be cold-pressed so that it maintains tannins, which is what gives this alternative it's wine-like essence. My favorite brand is Lakewood Organics.
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Salud!
in peace + purpose,
yas ☾