Beer, as much imitated as adored by Spanish cuisine, has since these days a new variety as groundbreaking as it is striking. Made with hemp seeds, the first 100% Spanish cannabis beer was born and raised in Galicia, but it has been in Madrid where it has found its most significant market. Everything, in order to conquer the national geography with the idea behind a leading company in the use of complete plants for superfoods.
In the growing European hemp processing industry, it has positioned itself as the main marketer in Spain and Portugal. And it is that cultivating 30 hectares of plantation in the towns of Narón and Moeche in A Coruña has never given as much results as what Borja Gómez, founder and manager of the company, is obtaining.
He himself acknowledges that his product has generated such success that it is already leading him to think about launching chocolate, vermouth and Galician cheeses based on this plant. Hemp, the name given to cannabis plants, is legal to grow for industrial purposes as long as it contains less than 0.2% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the substances contained in marijuana and that generates the psychoactive effects of is.
Where can you buy cannabis beer?
But it is the beer, called Hemp Beer, which has gained greater recognition to the point that it is already sold in various gourmet and organic establishments in the center of Madrid, A Coruña and in the Narón industrial estate itself, which is located near of the plantation. Significant price ahead, yes, in the capital it is sold for about 7 euros (), while in Galicia it is for 3 euros.
“With a flavor reminiscent of Ipa-style ones, since it is processed unpasteurized and unfiltered,” according to Havergreen, it is the hemp that brings an aromatic touch to this blond delicacy. A beer whose hops and barley also come from Galicia and complete this natural and exotic variety.
Hemp is considered a superfood for being one of the best sources of protein in the world
Never before imagined in Spain at such a high level of production, it also has beneficial properties for the body since hemp is considered a superfood. One of the best sources of vegetable protein in the world, the seeds of this plant have a higher content of essential fatty acids than any other plant, as well as containing all the amino acids and fatty acids necessary to maintain a healthy life.
“We believe in a business model that combines business opportunities with the values of social and environmental sustainability,” says the company, encouraging “to bet on a better world, powered by hemp.” Thus, while waiting for its new products, cannabis beer continues its unstoppable rise to conquer the most exquisite palates.
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