Willie's Remedy Alternatives: 5 Cheaper THC Drinks I Tested

Bonnie Mellott | September 5, 2026Updated September 22, 2026

Willie's Remedy is the THC drink most people find first, and my full review covers why. It earns the shelf space. But the number one comment I get, on every video and every post, is some version of the same question: is there something like it that costs less?

Yes. Several. I've been mixing with the alternatives for months, reading the COAs (here's how to read one if you never have), and running the price math per milligram of THC, which is the only number that makes these drinks comparable. Here's where that math lands.

If you only want the answer: the closest swap is Grind With Gratitude with code 50OFF, same facility, half the cost per milligram. The cheapest per milligram is LoDo, if a shelf near you has it. The best bottle that isn't pretending to be Willie's is Artet. The math for all of it is below.

Jump to: Grind With Gratitude · LoDo · Ellora · Artet · Mission Farms · High Rider and The Well

Why is Willie's Remedy so expensive?

The 10mg bottle runs $89.99 for 750ml on Willie's own site as of September 22, 2026. Total Wine usually has it closer to $70, which is the number in my review title. Either way, you're paying for three things: the Willie Nelson name, a full-size spirit bottle that looks right on a bar cart, and a nano-emulsified formula that kicks in closer to 20 minutes than the two hours an edible takes.

I've mixed plenty of Willie's cocktails on camera, from the hangover-day batch to the ranch water Q&A where the price question first took over the comments.

Here's the thing: that third part, the part that matters in the glass, is not exclusive. Nano-emulsified hemp-derived THC is a process, not a secret recipe. Other producers use the same approach at lower prices, and one of them makes their drink in the same facility.

The quick comparison

Cost per milligram uses each brand's list price on September 22, 2026 and the serving count on the label. A 750ml spirit at 10mg per 1.5 oz pour is about 17 servings, or 170mg a bottle.

Prices move and codes rotate, so check the THC drink discount codes page for whatever is current before you buy anything.

Willie's Remedy vs Grind With Gratitude: the direct swap

If you want the closest thing to Willie's in the glass, this is it. Grind With Gratitude makes a 750ml citrus THC spirit, 10mg per pour, nano-emulsified, produced in the same facility as Willie's Remedy. Same format, same dose, same onset window. There's a second bottle now, Tyger's Blood, same price and dose, and it's the one in the photo. It tastes like an 80s snow cone, strawberry, watermelon and coconut, which is a compliment.

The sticker price is the same $89.99, and if that were the end of the story this section would be shorter. It isn't: code 50OFF takes 50% off sitewide at checkout, which puts the bottle around $45 and the cost per milligram at half of Willie's. I've verified the code at checkout myself.

The citrus profile is a little brighter than Willie's, which I like in anything shaken with lime. It carries a coconut margarita or a watermelon Red Bull mojito without asking the other ingredients to cover for it. Both of those came out of the video where I tested Grind against Willie's, and there's a 46-second version if you just want the price math.

Willie's Remedy vs LoDo: the budget bottle

LoDo is the cheapest THC per milligram on this page, and it isn't close. The 750ml THC Spirit lists at $32.99 for 20 servings at 10mg, which is $0.16 a milligram, about a third of Willie's. The 2 oz shots run $34.99 for a 12-pack of 10mg doses, no code required.

The catch is availability. Both were out of stock on LoDo's site when I wrote this and still were when I re-checked on September 22, so your best bet is a liquor store shelf. That's where I got the bottle of LoDo Hot Shot I used in my Sunset Clause recipe, for about $30 here in Knoxville. It's also the bottle on the counter in my THC drink ban video, because its 166mg label is the clearest example of why the per-container rule is a problem. The cinnamon heat in that one wants a build written around it, which is the trade-off against Willie's: LoDo's flavors are more assertive, so you're mixing around them rather than with them. One more thing worth knowing: The Well, the frosted bottle with the flag logo at Total Wine, is LoDo's retail label for this same spirit. Same 750ml, same 10mg per serving, same 200mg a bottle, $29.99 at Liquor Vault here in Knoxville. If LoDo's site is out of stock, that's the shelf to check.

Willie's Remedy vs Ellora: the middle path

Ellora is Crescent Canna's answer to the THC spirit question, and it gives you a choice of strength: the 10mg at $60, and the 20mg at $70 for people who already know their dose. The 5mg bottle has quietly dropped off Crescent's site. Citrus and blue agave profile, clean mixer, 15-minute onset per the label. The 10mg lands at $0.35 a milligram before a code, and Crescent's current code knocks that to about $0.30.

I've mixed it into sours, a bramble, and a Jack Rose, all in the Ellora video, and it holds up. There's a Ramos gin fizz riff too, if you own a shaker and patience. If you already know Crescent from my Crescent 9 seltzer review, Ellora is the same lab discipline in a mixable bottle. Both were in stock when I checked on September 22. Current codes live on the discounts page.

Willie's Remedy vs Artet: not trying to be Willie's, and that's the point

Artet is a THC aperitif built like an amaro cousin: gentian, juniper, citrus, 2.5mg per serving in the flagship at $40, a 5mg extra strength at $48, and a 10mg high potency at $60. It is the wrong answer to "give me Willie's for less" and the right answer to "what do I sip before dinner instead of a spritz."

The low dose per serving is deliberate. You can pour a second one without doing arithmetic. My THC Negroni Sbagliato is the Artet drink I make most, the video shows the build, and I ran their ready-to-drink spritzes on camera too. Per milligram it's the most expensive bottle here at the low end, and the 10mg version brings it into range with everything else. My full Artet review has the details.

Willie's Remedy vs Mission Farms Elevate: the powder option

Elevate is a different format entirely: stick packs of fast-acting nano THC powder, 5 or 10mg, in fresh lemon, blood orange, and a seasonal blackberry lime. You stir it into sparkling water, or use it the way I do, as the THC component in a cocktail spec where the citrus flavor belongs anyway: a THC Painkiller riff on the blood orange, a no-booze Penicillin on the lemon, both from the Painkiller and Penicillin video, and a THC Water Hazard for golf season. A 12-pack of the 10mg sticks is $39.99, or $0.33 a milligram, and code SHARETHEGOOD takes 40% off, which puts it around $0.20.

Full disclosure: Mission Farms sponsored a video on my channel and I earn a commission when you buy through their site. They did not pay for the opinion in this paragraph.

The appeal is portability and zero liquid volume. The limit is that a powder brings sweetness and flavor with it, so it wants a spec written around it.

The ones you keep asking about

High Rider, The Well, Time Off, and Nowadays come up in my comments constantly as Willie's comparisons. None of the four has had the full test yet: no COA read, no side-by-side, no verdict. What I can give you is the label and the price, checked September 22, 2026, because most of the "is it like Willie's" question is answered right there.

• High Rider is the closest thing to Willie's on format: both come in shot-size bottles and a 750ml glass bottle. The dose is where they split. High Rider's shots run 10, 20, and 50mg, and the Spirit is 100mg per 2 oz pour, 1,270mg a bottle. The 10mg Vibe shots are $57 for six, which is $0.95 per milligram, the most expensive number on this page. The Spirit is $119, which works out to about $0.09 per milligram, the cheapest, and it was sold out when I checked. If you need this article, you don't need a 100mg pour.
• The Well is LoDo's retail label: the same 750ml, 10mg per serving, 200mg spirit covered above, in unflavored, citrus, blueberry, and sour watermelon. I paid $29.99 at Liquor Vault in Knoxville, which is $0.15 per milligram, cheaper than anything else here. Four of them are on my bar right now.
• Nowadays sells its 10mg bottle for $79.99, 166mg a bottle, or $0.48 per milligram. That saves you a few dollars over Willie's, not half. The 5mg is $59.99 and the 2mg is $39.99. I've mixed it on camera in a cranberry mai tai and a drink called Devil's Lettuce.
• Time Off hasn't launched. Their site is a waitlist as of this writing, so there's nothing to price.

If there's one you want tested first, tell me in the comments on my latest video.

FAQ

Is there a THC drink like Willie's Remedy? Grind With Gratitude is the closest: same 750ml spirit format, same 10mg dose, same nano-emulsion, made in the same facility. Ellora and Nowadays are the same format from different producers. LoDo, and The Well at retail, are the same format at a third of the price with more assertive flavors.

Is Willie's Remedy worth the price? It's a well-made drink, and my review breaks down what you get. Whether the name and the bottle are worth the premium over a same-facility alternative at half the cost per milligram is your call. The math above is the honest version.

Will these drinks show up on a drug test? Yes. Hemp-derived delta-9 is still delta-9, and drug tests don't care what farm bill made it legal. If you get tested for work, these are not for you.

Are THC drinks getting banned? Yes, and the date is set. Federal law caps hemp products at 0.4mg of total THC per container, which ends every drink on this page as of December 11, 2026. That was pushed back from November 12 by the spending bill signed September 3, 2026, but only for drinks like these; delta-8 and delta-10 products still lose their legal status on November 12. What it means for buying, stocking up, and what comes after is in the THC drink ban explainer.

Dosing, one more time

Every bottle on this page can ruin an evening if you treat it like vodka. Start low and slow: one serving, wait a full onset window before deciding it isn't working. Full guidance in the dosage guide.