CBD cocktails: summer recipes

We recently hosted a live CBD cocktails making evening with Foundation.Fm - the female-led online station celebrating and giving opportunities to all genders and communities in the music industry.

The takeover included home tips and tricks by our Founder Hannah Glasson for the ultimate CBD cocktails. So, get your cans at the ready and your best party from home outfit planned because we’re about to tell you how to make three of our favourite CBD cocktails...

 

Pre-prep

• Ice block. Using clean water (can be pre-boiled for extra clarity) fill up an ice cream tub or tupperware. Freeze (Remove your ice from its container, and use a rolling pin to break up the ice into large rocks)

Equipment:

• Rolling pin/whacking tool & tea towel
• Knife, chopping board, stirrer, spirit measure (egg cup works)
• Strainer (a little sieve makes a good substitute)
• A selection of glasses you like serving proper drinks in

Cocktail in the CBD

A citrus serve using Belsazar Vermouth.

Belsazar Riesling Vermouth

INTUNE Grapefruit & Mint

Fresh mint

Citrus Fruits

Steps:

1. Fill your glass with ice and cut your chosen citrus fruits into skinny half wheels then add to glass
2. Add 40ml of Vermouth
3. Top with INTUNE Grapefruit & Mint (you can also add soda for extra fizz)
4. Garnish with mint 
5. Stir and enjoy

Fire Up

A fiery, spicy serve using Crystal Head Vodka.

Crystal Head Vodka

INTUNE Pomegranate & Ginger

Half a chilli (deseeded)

Ginger

Orange

Tropical syrup - boil up 1 part sugar with 1 part water with dried and/or fresh pineapple and leave to cool with pineapple inside

Steps:

1. Add the ginger and chilli to a mixing glass (less is more, you only need the size of half a finger nail of each)
2. Add 50ml of vodka 
3. Add 30ml of tropical syrup
4. Muddle all ingredients together (you can use your rolling pin)
5. Take a clean glass and add ice
6. Strain and top up with INTUNE Pomegranate & Ginger 
7. Give it a good mix
8. Use a knife to slice some orange peel, twist then add to drink

 

Tropical Hops 

A non-alcoholic serve with pineapple notes using Caleño.

Caleño

INTUNE Elderflower & Hops

Tropical syrup - boil up 1 part sugar with 1 part water with dried and/or fresh pineapple and leave to cool with pineapple inside, 1 lime

Steps:

1. Add ice to your glass
2. Add 50ml of Caleño
3. Add a couple teaspoons of your pineapple syrup
4. Top up with INTUNE Elderflower & Hops
5. Give it a good mix
6. Cut a lime into wedges - add one to your drink and use another to squeeze lime juice into it
7. Serve and enjoy

 

Let’s keep this party going! Head on over to our IGTV mix along tutorial where you can shake up these delicious CBD cocktails. What are you waiting for? Come and join us and get your groove on!

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More INTUNE cocktail and alcohol-free recipes

Looking for more ways to serve INTUNE? These recipes use our current Grapefruit & Mint, Pomegranate & Ginger and Elderflower & Hops flavours.

INTUNE Libre

Ingredients: 35ml white rum, two fresh lime wedges and INTUNE Pomegranate & Ginger.

1. Add the rum to a glass filled with ice.
2. Squeeze in the lime wedges.
3. Top with INTUNE Pomegranate & Ginger and stir gently.

INTUNE Spritz

Ingredients: 25ml gin, 125ml INTUNE Elderflower & Hops and Prosecco.

1. Add the gin and INTUNE to an ice-filled glass.
2. Top with Prosecco and stir gently.

INTUNE Julep

Ingredients: 35ml whisky, 5ml demerara sugar syrup, fresh mint and INTUNE Grapefruit & Mint.

1. Add the whisky and sugar syrup to a glass.
2. Muddle in the fresh mint.
3. Add ice, top with INTUNE Grapefruit & Mint and garnish with a mint sprig.

Alcohol-free autumn serves

INTUNE Apple Shrub

Ingredients: two eating apples, 150ml cider vinegar, 50ml runny honey and INTUNE Elderflower & Hops.

1. Chop the apples and discard the cores.
2. Cover with cider vinegar, drizzle over the honey and leave overnight if time allows.
3. Blend and strain through a fine sieve or muslin.
4. Add 50ml of the shrub to an ice-filled balloon or wine glass.
5. Top with INTUNE Elderflower & Hops and garnish with thin apple slices.

INTUNE Harvest Sangria

Ingredients: strong chilled mint green tea, sugar, pomegranate molasses, clementine, apple, lemon, pomegranate seeds and INTUNE Grapefruit & Mint.

1. Brew the mint green tea, sweeten lightly and chill.
2. Mix 75ml tea with one teaspoon of pomegranate molasses.
3. Pour into an ice-filled glass and add slices of clementine, apple and lemon plus a spoonful of pomegranate seeds.
4. Top with INTUNE Grapefruit & Mint and stir gently.

INTUNE Bramble

Ingredients: blackberries, six teaspoons soft light brown sugar, half a teaspoon ground ginger, one teaspoon balsamic syrup, a pinch of sea salt, 15ml water and INTUNE Pomegranate & Ginger.

1. Heat the blackberries, sugar, ginger, balsamic syrup, salt and water in a small saucepan until frothing, without completely breaking down the fruit.
2. Chill the syrup.
3. Add 20ml syrup and several blackberries to a glass filled with ice.
4. Top with INTUNE Pomegranate & Ginger and garnish with rosemary if you like.

Each INTUNE can contains 10mg CBD. The FSA advises healthy adults to limit CBD from food and drink to 10mg per day. If a recipe contains alcohol, drink responsibly and never drive if impaired.