California brewers created a new mix for the lovers of beer and marijuana — in the new intoxicating drink from Lagunitas is non-traditional ingredient.
Super Critical is an Indian pale ale (IPA) with the addition of terpenes in cannabis. It is these substances the plant owes its sticky, resinous smell.
Previously, some manufacturers of ale trying to bring to your attention products, giving them a distinctive flavor — so there Smells Like Freedom from DC Brau and Pinner Throwback from Oskar Blues.
However, the brewery Lagunitas has surpassed its competitors by adding new natural ingredient.
To the great disappointment of fans of cannabis culture, Super Critical causes no characteristic changes of consciousness in the drink there is no tetrahydrocanabinol, so the effect of it is limited to light alcohol intoxication (Super Critical contains 6.6% alcohol).
The purpose of terpenes in the model to give it a unique flavor, and not a characteristic property of marijuana. For the first batch, consisting of only 120 kegs, brewery Lagunitas purchased raw materials from the company AbsoluteXtracts. The drink was sold only on tap in 60 California institutions.
Over time, it plans to release in bottles and put outside the Golden state.
