Craft Cannabis from a Community with Class Craft cannabis. What is it? As the founder of Marijuana Writers, I see many trends develop throughout the cannabis community, as well as the entire industry. A chic new fad sweeping through the United States, and even Canada, is a craft industry for cannabis. It’s about quality, not quantity. Craft cannabis doesn’t refer to a … [Read more...] about The Farm
Archives for April 2016
April’s Pot Talk with Emily Hobelmann
THC-Rich Deep Sleep & CBD-Rich Trident The Humboldt Patient Resource Center (HPRC) in Northern Humboldt County is a stylish and welcoming facility. It’s been a dispensary for about 17 years now, pretty much since the dawn of the dispensary model in California. When I arrived to pick up samples for this edition of Pot Talk, a fresh and enthusiastic crew greeted me. … [Read more...] about April’s Pot Talk with Emily Hobelmann
The High Life: From the Streets of Seattle
This is a fun opportunity to announce to all my Humboldt friends that I have officially relocated to the state of Washington. Specifically I am now Seattle based. The weather is completely bipolar, it’s unreasonably expensive and people are always running everywhere. Instead of the Slug-Bug game we play “How many people are running in the rain right now?!”. But here’s the … [Read more...] about The High Life: From the Streets of Seattle
The Science of Hard Cider
Vinum, et al The compound 4-etheyl phenol can wreak havoc on low-alcohol fermented beverages. It’s produced by contaminant, or rogue, Brettanomyces yeasts (Brett, for short). At low levels, 4-ethyl phenol contributes to flavor complexity in red wine, beer and hard cider. Excessively bretty beverages, however, have a powerful ‘band-aid’ or barnyard note. I have had … [Read more...] about The Science of Hard Cider
Humboldt’s Finest Cannabis Sativa Vodka
You may have seen it on international news sources like BuzzFeed, Complex or Mashable, but this Humboldt County original has been a local gem since it’s founding in 2012. Humboldt Distillery is taking the cannabis community, and the Internet, by storm with the introduction of their newest Cannabis Sativa Vodka. The product, officially released in March 2016, has already … [Read more...] about Humboldt’s Finest Cannabis Sativa Vodka