Double IPA or a G&T? We know what we’d usually order. While the first three sips of beer are always crisp and refreshing, by the time we get to the bottom of a whole glass, we tend to feel bloated and full.
That’s why we’re always on the lookout for an alternative. While hard seltzer checks some of the boxes (they're low-cal, low-sugar and low-carb), we can’t overlook one glaring fact: We just can't get into the taste. (And we’ve tossed back a lot of the grapefruit-flavored stuff just to quadruple check. Nope.)
Needless to say, our interest was piqued when we recently heard about wellness beer—which sounds a little bit like an oxymoron, right? It was originally marketed as a muscle recovery drink for runners, who are known to toss back a post-race cold one (carb loading at its finest).
So what exactly is wellness beer? Essentially, it’s a low-ABV, low-cal brew made with some of the ingredients Gatorade has, like electrolytes and sea salts. The idea is that they promote quick muscle recovery, a bit like an energy drink.
