{"id":9956,"date":"2025-07-27T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=9956"},"modified":"2025-07-22T20:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T01:32:12","slug":"better-than-booze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=9956","title":{"rendered":"Better Than Booze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-mojito-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"Better Than Booze\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-mojito-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-mojito-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-mojito-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-mojito.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Just in time for Dry July, I accepted an offer to try\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/betterthanbooze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Better Than Booze<\/a>, a brand of mocktails that strives to serve real bar-quality flavor.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>CEO Drea Groeschel co-founded the company in 2022 after seeking an alternative to her regular glass of wine. She also founded Beautiac, a subscription service for makeup brushes.<\/p>\n<p>Each 12-oz. can of Better Than Booze ($50 for a 12-pack) has 60-70 calories and 26-29 g. of carbs. They are plant-based, gluten-free and vegan, and they come in three flavors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Elderberry G&amp;T did a good job of mimicking gin, as it had a slight juniper\/piney and citrusy flavor.<\/li>\n<li>The grapefruit flavor was prevalent in the Rosemary Grapefruit Paloma, and it was finished with a slight floral note.<\/li>\n<li>The Mint Mojito with Lime was sweet with enough lime to add some depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-paloma-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"Better Than Booze\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-paloma-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-paloma-1024x802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-paloma-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Better-Than-Booze-paloma.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I thought all the mocktails were very refreshing and easy to drink&#8211;perfect for Dry July or any month, for that matter. You can enjoy them straight out of the can or on ice.<\/p>\n<p>Better Than Booze also makes a line of CBD+THC-infused and THC-infused beverages, though I did not try them.<\/p>\n<p>In the Madison area, you can purchase Better Than Booze at grocery stores such as Hy-Vee and Piggly Wiggly, liquor stores such as Trixie&#8217;s and restaurants such as Salvatore&#8217;s Tomato Pies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Better Than Booze<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for Dry July, I accepted an offer to try\u00a0Better Than Booze, a brand of mocktails that strives to serve real bar-quality flavor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[336],"class_list":["post-9956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-beverage","tag-mocktails"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9956"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9962,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9956\/revisions\/9962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}