Smells Like Freedom: DC and Colorado microbreweries debut pot-aroma IPA

Beer geeks thrive off finding common ground with one another. And the folks behind Washington D.C.-based DC Brau and Colorado-rooted Oskar Blues share a lot more than their love of microbrews. Both breweries now hail from areas of the U.S. that are home to the most relaxed cannabis laws in the United States — and they’re debuting a protest beer today (yes, St. Patrick’s Day) in honor of their 420-friendliness.

The new beer, called Smells Like Freedom, will be tapped tonight at D.C. hangout Meridian Pint in the Columbia Heights neighborhood — “where Initiative 71 supporters gathered on Election Night last year to celebrate legalization,” according to The Washington Post.

“It seemed to be a connection we had between the two [places],” DC Brau co-founder Brandon Skall said in a brewery blog, nodding to Colorado’s own marijuana legalization. “The idea was to make a beer that, obviously, does not have...

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