Awards & Press
DRAM has won eight Good Food Awards since 2018. The Good Food Awards are judged by blind tasting from more than a thousand entries a year, and winners must also meet the Good Food Foundation’s standards for sustainable and responsible production. No other Colorado beverage maker has won as many.
Good Food Awards
| Year | Product | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Palo Santo Bitters — Community Choice Award (“15 Years of Good Food” public vote, one of 55 winners nationwide) | Elixirs |
| 2023 | Adaptogenic Mushroom Cola | Drinks |
| 2023 | Sweetgrass Adaptogenic CBD Sparkling Water | Drinks |
| 2023 | Hair of the Dog Bitters | Elixirs |
| 2022 | Cardamom & Black Tea Sparkling Water | Drinks |
| 2021 | Gingergrass Adaptogenic CBD Sparkling Water | Drinks |
| 2019 | Palo Santo Bitters | Elixirs |
| 2018 | Colorado Pine Syrup | Elixirs |
Press
- Imbibe Magazine, Drink of the Week: DRAM Citrus & Blossoms Sparkling Water
- BevNet, Review: DRAM Adaptogenic CBD Sparkling Water
- BevNet, DRAM Partners with Coors Distributing Co for CBD Sparkling Waters (2019)
- Chilled Magazine, DRAM and Coors Distributing Co. Partner for their CBD-Infused Drinks
- CRAFTED podcast (Blister), Bitters, Ghost Towns & Botanical Sodas with Shae Whitney of DRAM (Ep. 102)
- The Kevin Rose Show, podcast sponsor with a Kevin Rose Show sparkling drink sampler
- FOX31 Denver, 15 Colorado businesses win Good Food awards (2023)
- Thirst Colorado, Colorado drinks, food win at Good Food Awards (2023)
- Axios Denver, Meet Colorado’s Good Food award winners for 2022
- 5280, Colorado Wins Big in the 2019 Good Food Awards
- Boulder Weekly, A sip of CBD
Press releases
17 July 2025 — DRAM Wins Community Choice Good Food Award for Palo Santo Bitters
Celebrating 8 Years of Recognition from the Good Food Foundation
SALIDA, COLORADO – July 17, 2025 — DRAM is honored to announce that our Palo Santo Bitters have been awarded a Community Choice Good Food Award by the Good Food Foundation, marking our eighth Good Food Award in just five years.
This special edition of the Good Food Awards celebrates 15 years of excellence by inviting the public to vote for their favorite past winners. More than 8,000 ballots were cast across the country, and DRAM’s Palo Santo Bitters emerged as one of just 55 winning products selected for their exceptional quality, sustainable sourcing, and ongoing contributions to the good food movement.
“We’re incredibly proud to be recognized by the community that inspires our work every day,” said Shae Whitney, co-founder at DRAM. “The Palo Santo Bitters are especially meaningful to us—crafted with reverence for the ingredients and intended as a tool for celebration, ritual, and well-being.”
The Palo Santo Bitters, a longtime customer favorite, are made with organic herbs and ethically sourced Ecuadorian Palo Santo wood. Free from artificial flavors, preservatives, or sweeteners, they are a deeply aromatic botanical extract with notes of smoke, resin, and citrus. Ideal in cocktails, sparkling water, or as a functional digestive tincture.
The Good Food Awards honor makers across the country who are committed to both flavor and responsibility—environmentally, socially, and ethically. DRAM’s inclusion in the “15 Years of Good Food” Community Choice Awards places us among a select group of past winners recognized for their lasting impact on the food world.
This recognition follows a string of prior wins, including three Good Food Awards in 2023 alone, and underscores DRAM’s continued commitment to excellence in herbalism, sustainability, and American craft.
About DRAM:
Founded in 2011 by Shae Whitney & Brady Becker, DRAM is a leader in their category nationwide, and a 8x Good Food Award winner. DRAM produces bitters, adaptogenic beverages, and herbal wellness products. We believe in simple ingredients, wild foraged herbs, and functional formulas that celebrate the power of plants. DRAM’s products are formulated, designed and marketed solely by the two founders, and the company has not taken any outside investment or venture capital.
Website: www.dramapothecary.com | Instagram:@DramPlantMagic
Learn more about the Palo Santo Bitters here:
https://www.dramapothecary.com/product/palo-santo-cocktail-bitters
About the Good Food Awards
The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsible. Now in its thirteenth year, awards were given to winners in 18 categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, cider, coffee, confections, drinks, elixirs, fish, grains, honey, oils, pantry, pickles, preserves, snacks and spirits. The Good Food Awards Seal, found on winning products, assures consumers they have found something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good.
21 April 2023 — DRAM Wins Big at the 2023 Good Food Awards with Three Honors
SALIDA, Colorado (April 21, 2023) – Salida, Colorado based DRAM™ (www.DramApothecary.com) received the prestigious Good Food Award for their DRAM Mushroom Cola, DRAM Sweetgrass Sparkling Water, and DRAM Hair of the Dog Bitters at the 2023 Good Food Awards ceremony.
The winners were chosen through a rigorous blind tasting process from nearly 2,000 entries. These exceptional makers rose to the top on the basis of taste, while also demonstrating an outstanding commitment to sustainable environmental and social practices. This year’s winners represent the forefront of American craft food, making products that are delicious, respectful of the environment, and connected to communities and cultural traditions. DRAM has won a total of 7 awards over the past 5 years, with 3 awards being received in 2023 alone.
“It’s exciting for DRAM! We’re a small company started 12 years ago in the mountains of Colorado, and we’re humbled to be recognized for our commitment to quality.” said Shae Whitney, co-founder, “There’s no other award quite like the Good Food Awards. We won for the taste of the product, but also for our focus on honest ingredients and sustainable business practices.”
The winning products, DRAM Mushroom Cola, DRAM Sweetgrass Sparkling Water, and DRAM Hair of the Dog Bitters are part of a line of beverages that are developed, created, and produced solely by husband and wife team Brady Becker and Shae Whitney. DRAM is somewhat unique in the beverage industry as they make all their flavors in-house from real plants using proprietary processes the two founders developed over the past 12 years. Their products never contain any designer sweeteners or “natural flavors”, which often hide a number of unnatural things and tend to be the main ingredient in similar products.
About DRAM:
Founded in 2011 by Shae Whitney & Brady Becker, DRAM is a leader in their category nationwide, and a 7x Good Food Award winner. Since the beginning, the husband and wife team has offered consciously crafted goods that capture both the beauty and flavor of Colorado. DRAM’s Bitters, Sparkling Waters, CBD drops, Apple Cider Vinegar Tonics and Beauty products contain no chemicals, artificial flavors or preservatives. DRAM’s products are formulated, designed and marketed solely by the two founders, and the company has not taken any outside investment or venture capital.
About the Good Food Awards
The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsible. Now in its thirteenth year, awards were given to winners in 18 categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, cider, coffee, confections, drinks, elixirs, fish, grains, honey, oils, pantry, pickles, preserves, snacks and spirits. The Good Food Awards Seal, found on winning products, assures consumers they have found something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good.
Website: www.dramapothecary.com | Instagram:@DramPlantMagic
12 July 2022 — DRAM adds Adaptogenic Mushroom Cola & Holy Basil Flavors to their Lineup of Herbal Sparkling Waters
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