Canada brews first cannabis beer

[Equinox Moon]

Scientists in a small Ontario laboratory are testing enzymes and experimenting with fermentation. Their techniques are not new, but their focus is a first. They are developing what is being described as the world’s first beer brewed from cannabis.

They say it hits you fast.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/it-hits-you-very-quickly-canada-brews-first-cannabis-beer

With Canada legalizing weed, it most certainly will affect our northern border with them. I am sure the current regime is already planning. It will be another border like Mexico. Can't build a wall though, it is 1000's of miles.

[True Dough]

1. Brings new meaning to

[Equinox Moon]

2. Good one

[C Moon]

14. :D

[TalenaGor]

16. I see yhour bud and raise you a....

[Achilleaze]

19. I see your High Life, and raise you a Stoner Duck Hemp Ale

[TalenaGor]

20. lol ok thats just awesome lol

[peekaloo]

3. Cottonmouth Beer?

Mmmmmmm

[Equinox Moon]

4. Canada will have a huge influx of tourism from USA

[roamer65]

7. Michigan is on track to pass legalization in November.

Our proposal is expected to easily.

[Equinox Moon]

11. Wow. Good for Michigan!

[Raine1967]

5. Why not drink good beer and

smoke good pot?

Good hops serve a purpose for beer.

Good pot serves a purpose that doesn't need the beer.

[Equinox Moon]

6. Cause its fun, cause why not, cause humans need things to do...

[Raine1967]

8. Without any malt at all, I don't think it could be called beer.

I think that is a good reason to wonder.

Beer is not beer without malt.

[Equinox Moon]

10. Sounds like you know something about beer brewing.

[Raine1967]

17. I do!

My husband has been brewing beer for over a decade.

One of the homebrew club we are members of tends to be very experimental. Another tends to be more traditional. A few of our homebrew friends have gone on to become head brewers.

[hunter]

18. Hops are related to cannabis.

Both are members of the Cannabaceae family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabaceae

It's likely cannabis shares many of the same properties that makes hops useful in brewing.

Hops weren't originally added to beer simply for the flavor, they increased the reliability of the brewing process.

Before hops became the standard, other plants (called gruits) were used, including medicinal herbs.

[hughee99]

23. Yes. Just because you can put pot in something doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.

I think this is more about the novelty than about making a good beer.

[Brother Buzz]

26. Actually hops serve two purposes

Brewing with hops produces the desired bitterness, and dry pitching hops during fermentation produces the 'nose' and flavor.

And there is a buzz in the brewing realm: pot flavors and smells can complement hops:

Lagunitas Brewing Co. last week (Aug 2017) released its SuperCritical Ale, a hoppy beer that is brewed with terpenes, aromatic compounds of essential oils that are extracted from some plants, including cannabis and hops. The brew, available only in select California locations for a limited time, contains no THC, the chemical that triggers psychoactive effects.

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In an interesting departure from beer, A Lagunitas Brewing Co press release announced last month an 'IPA-inspired' hopped sparkling water infused with THC:


Lagunitas Brewing Company, makers of beers like the 420-nodding Waldos' Special Ale and SuperCritical, a non-psychoactive beer made with cannabis terpenes, has announced it's officially getting into the cannabis game for real. Its new venture is an IPA-inspired sparkling water infused with THC.

Per a press release, the beverage, called Hi-Fi Hops, is a collaboration with CannaCraft's AbsoluteXtracts (also a collaborator on SuperCritical). It will be available in two dosages: one with 10 mg of THC and the other with 5 mg of THC and 5 mg of CBD.

[lunasun]

9. Something new for hosers like these guys eh?

[jcgoldie]

15. There's a mouse in my beer Ey?

[brooklynite]

12. Why would I want to drink it?

I drink beer for the flavor profile of grain, malt and hops. Additives don't make it better.

[PatrickforO]

13. Wow! Maybe Anheuser-Busch can acquire the patent and begin

making the cannabis beer.

They could call it Bud-Plus, because why do you think they call them taste BUDS?

[SidDithers]

21. October 17 is legalization day in Canada...

Sid

[berni_mccoy]

22. I bet it's skunky beer

[Mendocino]

24. Canadabis

[Downtown Hound]

25. Meh, I used to live in Humboldt County, CA

The local brewery there had a hemp beer back in the 90's.

It was only okay. Not the worst beer but definitely not the best. Hemp is for getting high not drunk.