Sentia Spirits Review: A light topic without alcohol

I’m here I feel something at the bar in my neighborhood… something. I don’t really know what that feeling should be. Probably lively. Probably dusty. But, I’m just said, I’m the best part of tipsy: relaxation, cheerfulness, a light circle for human connection. For a moment, an opportunity to forget about the merciless fear of being alive.

I don’t drink alcohol. Instead, I have science. Specifically, what I have is a room-warm shot of a slightly cloudy, non-alcoholic drink called Sentia, which has arrived on the US coast.

Centia Spirits is nevertheless “0% ABV Alcohol-Free Plant Drink.” ooh-la-la’s bit– I feel the manufacturer feels comfortable enough to not feel the need to back it up with a much more risky shot of whiskey.

Photo: Matthew Korfhage

Sentia’s non-alcoholic beverages do not contain any specific drugs. However, a single ounce dose provides a feeling like the first moment you know you have a drink. It’s a promise of drunkards who never come at all. The frontal lobe is a bit vague and I feel a sense of tingling.

“It’s not really a topic,” says one of several bartenders who agreed to taste the three flavors of Sentia: Gaba Red and Gaba Black in the spirit of scientific research. “It’s lightness. That’s the good part of getting higher without being stupid.”

Another bartender, asked to describe the sensation, makes some uncommitted hand gestures and thinks that he will find the words later.

In the language of Star TrekSentire is Sintehor– Psychoactive drinks that in theory produce fewer results than alcohol, and of course there is no hangover.

So, how do non-alcoholic drinks get a little tipsy? And is that fun? After trying out the three flavors of Sentia with the help of some of the best bartenders in South Philly, we have some ideas.

Scientific Bloodline

Let’s be clear: products similar to Sentia are often roughly ranged in front windows of bon shops and gas stations, or are natural food stores aisles that smell like Potter’s clay.

However, Sentiers have a pedigree. This drink was developed by a highly reputable British neuropsychopharmacologist named David Nutt. Chairs at Imperial College London Enjoying a glass of wine on Saturday, but has long advocated solutions to the health disaster of alcohol abuse – CDC estimates trigger Approximately 178,000 deaths In the US, car accidents do not count every year.

Nut – Who was personally He was fired as a government advisor The UK Home Secretary, who presented evidence that alcohol caused more harm than cannabis and LSD, has not tried to stop people from seeking social lubricants. The company he co-founded, Next tabinstead, they are attempting to introduce a possible alternative containing a molecule called “alkarel” that is currently being tested.