There’s no shortage of things you can do to prepare for 4/20, like, say, visiting numerous dispensaries and buying copious amounts of deeply discounted cannabis and cannabis products, and then, you know, consuming them today, perhaps in a Mrs. Butterworth’s bong or Cheech & Chong joint. Hey, so long as you consume responsibly and don’t drive afterward. Or you could lounge around on the couch or in the backyard and enjoy drinking beers that are “dank,” a term that means pungent, funky, and odoriferous, to both good weed and very hoppy IPAs. Dank means an extremely overpowering odor that can smell like the citrus and pine flavors everyone loves. Dank beers can easily fill a room with their odor, just like dank marijuana. After all, beer hops and weed nugs are similar in taste and smell, and the characteristics of a particularly dank, hoppy beer can often be found in a jar of particularly dank, primo weed. Hops and marijuana contain terpenoids, compounds that give the plants similar characteristics. Both fall into the taxonomic family Cannabaceae, so it follows that you could create a stinky beer with the proper treatment of the right hops. Hops don’t get you high, but in smell, taste, and appearance, they often feel just about as … dank. Peaks & Pints presents a 4/20, 420, or 4:20 flight (4/20 is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and hashish consumption, especially smoking around the time 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, April 20) on this special day. Stop by Peaks & Pints and enjoy our flight, Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: 4/20 Dankness.
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: 4/20 Dankness
Varietal Nug Jug
7% ABV
Collaboration with Dockside Cannabis in Seattle to target the flavor and aroma of one of Varietal Beer’s favorite strains and recreate it in this herbaceous and citrusy hazy IPA brewed with Cascade, CTZ, Mosaic, Riwaka, to show off the dankest potential of the hop flower.
Fremont Kush IPA
7% ABV
Fremont Brewing brewed their Kush IPA with a proprietary blend of terpenes. It smells and tastes like the weed, yet there isn’t any THC or CBD present. The terpenes are derived from botanical sources to mimic the aroma and flavor of marijuana and other fruits and plants. The terpenes are a water-soluble botanical terpene blend. It smells like hop flowers, leaves, and some dankness. If you love Fremont’s Lush, Kush has the same honeysuckle sweetness, a bit more piney and subtle citrusy hop notes, and a definite dank overtone.
Trap Door Sativa Feva
7% ABV
Trap Door Brewing Sativa Feva West Coast IPA is brewed with a special blend of terpenes to mimic the popular sativa strain Sour Tangie, plus Nectaron, Comet, Simcoe, and Columbus hops, for big notes of tangerine, citrus, and heady cannabis.
Fat Orange Cat Super Yellow Haze Teenage Kittens
7.1% ABV
Fat Orange Cat Brew’s Super Yellow Haze Teenage Kittens is a dank, resin-y variation on its flagship hazy IPA, Baby Kittens. It pours a beautiful golden orange that smells like fresh citrus. Expect lightly sweet grain notes with a punch of dank hops.
Outer Range Colorado Cou Cou
7.2% ABV
A hazy IPA staple for Outer Range Brewing, Colorado Cou Cou is brewed with Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, and Kohatu hops. Dip your nose into pineapple, cut grass, ripe mango, and just enough dankness to keep it interesting. On the tongue, expect grapefruit, lychee, pineapple, and cannabis flavors.
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