What I've noticed with highly hopped brews is that . . .
The effects are like that of crack...you get all 'hopped' up and then you actually start to feel the hoppiness-buzz leave and you want to drink more...strangely addictive...
strangely Like alcohol?
no, no...crack buzz/addiction is immediate and more intense at first...I wouldn't jones for another swig of budweiser like I would a swig of an IIPA...
and I wouldn't jones for another pot hit like I would another crack hit...
"Catch the Spirit...Catch the drift???"
TM
What's interesting is how similar in appearance hops are to Can abyss. Part of the same plant family, makes one wonder. In any event my earlier daze has long since subsided and I stick to only legal spirits :)
Years ago, a German brewer (working at Penn Brewery) told me he didn't like hoppy ales and drew the connection between hops and cannabis. I think it's urban legend.
Tom W
No, it's true. See
Brendan
Similar in appearance?! What *have* you been smoking? I grow hops, and, um, had a friend, yeah, a friend[*], once upon a time who grew a few cannabis plants. Aside from a similarity born by almost anything green that grows, they don't look the same at all. Fresh or processed.
The urban legend I was referring to was that there is THC in hops. Sorry I wasn't clear.
Tom W
Look at the "buds"
No THC, I agree with that however--- interestingly aromatic.
Hmmm ... you plant them in the spring, and just before the first frost in the autumn, they're about 8-12 feet tall, and you harvest the unfertilized female flowers ... hmmmmm.
Hops are planted before the spring-- they're a perennial.
Hops are harvested in late summer or very early autumn.
Hop bines get to about 40 feet tall (except for new dwarf varieties).
Some hop varieties (typically British) have seeds. But I'll grant you half that one.
That reminds me, I have to cut down my (decorative) hop bines. They're *way* past prime.
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