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Craft beer made that tastes and smells of weed
A collaborative brew has been created in Delaware to celebrate the anniversary of its legalisation of marijuana last year, which tastes and smells of weed but contains no THC.
The brew contains non-cannabis derived terpenes, created by California terpenes supplier Abstrax Tech, called Pineapple Express after the hybrid marijuana strain that produces citrus flavours. But it has no THC, the psycho-active element of the cannabis plant
Terpenes are compounds which give are responsible for the way that plants smell, and are found in large quantities in marijuana, producing its strikingly intense smell.
Using this Pineapple Express product, the 6.5% ABV NEIPA was brewed by Crooked Hammock Brewing with the local Taco Reho restaurant chain, to create something that smells and tastes of weed, but without any of the effect that normally comes from consuming the product.
But making beer with non-cannabis terpenes was already legal in the state before the legalisation of marijuana, and it should be noted that using marijuana terpenes are not allowable even after the change.
According to Delaware Online, the first sip of the brew was “similar to burrowing your nose into a bag of bud”, and the terpene “dovetails” with the hops to deliver a “dank flavour”.
Speaking about the collab, Taco Reho owner Billy Lucas, posted his reaction on Instagram.
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Weed-infused
The news followed cannabis becoming a more important part of the beverage marketplace, such as a new cannabis-infused, non-alcoholic beer has been created by the former brewer of Belgian wheat beer Blue Moon.
The beer, launched by Ceria Brewing Co based in Colorado, is named Grainwave Belgian-Style White Ale and has been brewed by Keith Villa, who has a Ph.D. in brewing from the University of Brussels and formerly brewed for MillerCoors.
Last year, the rise of THC-infused drinks now being sold across the US was compared to the ‘craft beer wave’ which swept across the globe around a decade ago.
Earlier this year, Cann’s Jake Bullock told db that THC drinks could end alcohol’s centuries-old monopoly on intoxicating beverages and last year Cantrip’s Adam Terry told db there was “clear demand” for the beverage and it was “riskier to consume alcohol than THC”.