Mood-Boosting Beer Without the Alcohol

Adaptogens (including functional mushrooms) are plants and mushrooms that have been well studied to elicit powerful effects on your body's response to stress, anxiety, fatigue and overall wellbeing.

Adaptogens bring your body back to a steady balance by managing both physical and mental stressors. They do this through multiple pathways including reducing cortisol, modulating serotonin and increasing the body's response to GABA (the same molecule alcohol mimics).

Our Unwind Blend uses a combination of three complementary adaptogens for a more pronounced effect.

Adaptogens are designed to take you to a natural state of relaxation: you at your calmest.

Different people are affected in different ways, with the majority experiencing mild relaxation, some experiencing a strong sense of relaxation and some not experiencing a perceptible effect.

If you feel a particularly strong effect then sit back and enjoy the ride. If you do not ‘feel’ anything at all, then that doesn’t mean it hasn’t worked- the studies have shown that people who have no subjective relaxation response can still perform better in tasks to measure objective stress levels.

You should start to feel an effect after 20 minutes, with a more pronounced effect after drinking 2-3. You will also get further benefits from drinking consistently over a period of weeks.

Yes. Functional mushrooms and the other adaptogens used in our formulation are legal and declared food safe. This classification indicates they are safe for consumption based on a history of common use in food and scientific research.

No. Collider is classed as ‘alcohol free’ in Europe. Your body metabolises the alcohol more quickly than it can build up in your bloodstream so your blood alcohol level does not rise.

A piece of bread and a ripe banana contain more alcohol than a can of Collider.

There is nothing illegal about drinking Collider and driving. Your liver metabolises the alcohol present in the beer before it can move into the bloodstream, therefore your alcohol blood level does not rise.

The adaptogens themselves are not sedatives and therefore do not inhibit your ability to process information or affect your reaction times. There is currently no legislation prohibiting driving when consuming any of our adaptogens. Having said that, always use your own judgment.

Yes. All of our adaptogens are from natural sources, food safe and third-party tested for quality and safety. They are all found to be very well tolerated in human studies.

No. The dosage used means that there are no negative flavours imparted by the addition of our botanicals or functional mushrooms. They are there for effect only. Collider tastes just like a regular beer.

No. Lion's mane is not what is commonly referred to as a 'magic' mushroom. They do not have psychoactive properties and just promote feelings of calm and mental wellbeing.

Most people will get the maximum dose after 2-3 cans. After that you will be topping up your original dose. Unlike alcohol, where the effect will continue to become more pronounced with increase consumption.

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