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For the first time, from tomorrow, Australians will be able to legally consume hemp food products. It could be hemp muesli, hemp muffins, hemp slices or hemp smoothies. If farmer Chris Blake and brewer Hamish Coates have their way, it will also be hemp beer. Dr Weedy's Hemp Ale will be...

Marijuana and beer have always had a connection. Hops plants and cannabis are members of the same genus and have a closely related molecular structure. (And we won't even get into how many brewers like to sample both.) Those ties are slowly becoming more formal, though. In 2015 and 2016...

Judging by the long lines that snaked away from the Dad & Dudes Breweria booth at the Great American Beer Festival the past two years, just about everywhere in Denver has tried cannabis beer. Last year's version, called George Washington's Secret Stash, was an IPA infused with cannabidiol, a...

In three of the first four states to start legal recreational pot sales, an increasing number of consumers are choosing bud over Budweiser. That conclusion comes from a study by New York-based investment and research firm Cowen and Co. In Colorado, Oregon and Washington, domestic beer sales...

Four Saints Brewing Co. (FSBC) and Founder's Hemp, both based in Asheboro, have brewed, and registered with N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), North Carolina's first hemp ale. FSBC's owner, COO and head brewer Andrew Deming developed an English mild ale recipe that incorporated hemp seeds...

A carpenter who builds theatre sets found himself in a drama when caught with a crop of cannabis plants he was brewing into beer, a court heard. Darren Purnell's secret was discovered after firefighters were called to his Rochester house to deal with a fire caused by a log burner. More...

The legal weed market appears to be impacting booze's bottom line. Consumer trend data compiled by OutCo and Monocle Research finds that many California twenty-somethings, post-legalization, are switching from beer to pot. Marketers surveyed 2,000 cannabis consumers in seven major California...

Hi... I'm new to weed, but already have a love for growing tomatoes etc. I figured this would be a great place to bring things together and learn.... I also love beer.

NSAV Holding, Inc. announced today that the Company will develop and market a premium line of hemp beer. NSAV will use a proprietary formula that it will jointly develop with a leading U.S. hemp company. This will ensure both the quality and uniqueness of the Company's hemp beer brand. NSAV will...

American presidents and poets have long expressed their love of beer. Abraham Lincoln said he firmly believed the people could be depended upon in any national crisis, as long as they were given "the facts and beer." Edgar Allen Poe wrote an ode to the stuff, and Charles Bukowski called brew his...

For the first 11 months of 2016, Colorado has collected almost $109 million in taxes and fees from marijuana. Our kind legislators won't even pass a law to legalize medical marijuana, so individuals suffering chronic pain from cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy or other medical conditions have...

Hemp can't get you high, but its association with marijuana is exciting to plenty of people in the craft-beer industry, which has been swept up in the nationwide interest in all things cannabis. In February, a Colorado Springs hemp supplier called Major Hemp, in partnership with Denver's...

The legalisation of marijuana in several US states has not curbed beer sales, according to new research, as Americans managed to find room in their social schedules for both. Analysts at investment firm Bernstein said fears that the brewing industry would be sent into chronic decline by...

Like a stressed-out dad who ignores the fact that his kids smell of pot whenever they come home from school, the Brewers Association has been dodging the issue of marijuana for a while. Although the Boulder-based organization, which represents the craft-beer industry nationwide, is located in...

Is legal weed having a negative impact on the craft beer business? Perhaps you've come across some of the recent stories that suggest so. If you pay close attention to national beer news, you've probably seen at least one of these stories. It all sounds very ominous. For instance, a recent...

Back in August, we learned through the Wikileaks email dump that an alcohol lobbying group was peddling propaganda to lawmakers in the attempt to stifle cannabis legalization. Claiming to be "neutral" on the subject, they did not hesitate to spout falsehoods and fear-mongering about the...

Beer may need to watch its back. A new report from financial services firm Cowen and Company says beer sales have been dropping in markets where marijuana is now legal. Vivien Azer, the managing director and senior research analyst at Cowen, says the beer business isn't booming in Colorado...

Legalized marijuana is harshing the buzz of three longtime craft beer meccas, according to a new report from Cowen and Company. In Colorado, Oregon and Washington, where recreational cannabis use has been legalized, the beer business is underperforming, according to Vivien Azer, Cowen and...

Colorado's marijuana industry generated a whopping $2.39 billion last year, according to a new report from the research collaborative The Marijuana Policy Group. If the numbers are right, Colorado's still budding cannabis industry is already worth more than the much-celebrated craft beer...

Aurora, Colo. - There's a beer on tap that is truly Colorado. While the "Cannabeer" has been around for a year, it now could hit kegs and liquor store shelves across the country. There are hundreds of breweries in Colorado but Dad and Dudes in Aurora is doing things a little differently...