These new beers do not contain alcohol. According to the companies, the drinks have their own flavor profiles, but don't taste like marijuana.
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland's Shipyard Brewing Co. is teaming up with Novel Beverage of Scarborough to launch a new product: THC-infused Pumpkinhead ale.
Folks may say it's a weird time of year to launch a new version of Pumpkinhead, which is usually an autumn classic, but Matt Hawes of Novel Beverage tells our media partners at the Portland Press Herald that the Pumpkinhead "THC elixir" is too tasty to wait.
The cannabis-infused beer is Novel Beverage's first product. The new company is a manufacturer specializing in what it believes will become the next big thing among adult-use cannabis products in Maine.
Industry experts agree that beverages infused with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, eventually will make up a large share of the adult-use market.
Novel Beverage is also partnering up with Bangor's Sea Dog's Brewing Co. to make a THC elixir version of Sea Dog’s Wild Blueberry Wheat ale. The Press Herald reports that is scheduled to be released in a few weeks.
How do they infuse THC from cannabis and beer together?
The drinks are steeped using grains and hops, similarly to how beer is normally made. They're designed to look like beer and in some ways behave like beer, but with no alcohol and their own flavor profiles, which the company insists don’t just taste like marijuana, the products are their own distinct beverages.
Because of a process called “nanoemulsification,” drinkers will feel the beverages’ effects in 15 or 20 minutes, Hawes tells the Portland Press Herald, and they will last for about two hours. That’s different from traditional cannabis-infused edibles, which can take an hour or more to kick in and several hours to wear off. The shorter high makes the drinks more “user-friendly,” Hawes said, and allows for better dosage control.
Nanoemulsification works by taking large cannabis oil droplets and breaking them down into tiny particles that can mix with water in a way that allows the body to absorb a higher amount of THC, according to the cannabis information website Leafly.
Novel’s beverages will cost shoppers about $7 for a 12-ounce bottle, which Hawes said is in line with other high-quality craft beverages.
Bottles will contain 5 mg of TCH each and will be available in seven recreational marijuana shops across the state: SeaWeed Co., Theory Wellness and Maine Cannabis Exchange in South Portland, Sweet Dirt in Waterville, Northland Botanicals in Stratton, and Brothers Cannabis in Bangor, which Hawes opened with his brother, Greg, in February.
March 02, 2021 at 01:32AM
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