Beverages

Agrify Corporation has announced the sale of its cultivation business for $7 million to CP Acquisitions, LLC, as Agrify plans to focus on its cannabis beverages business.

The Boston Beer Company has launched Emerald Hour, a line of non-alcoholic, rosin-infused cannabis beverages in Ontario, Canada. The cans contain regionally sourced ingredients and 10 milligrams of THC and regionally sourced ingredients.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson recently specified that non-alcoholic, hemp-derived beverages containing 0.3% or less THC are legal in the state despite a lack of legal “guardrails” for the products.

Minneapolis-based Headflyer Brewing this month started offering hemp-derived, THC-infused beverages on tap under a new state regulation that took effect July 1.

The Portland Pickles, an Oregon-based baseball team in the West Coast League, is set to become the first pro sports team in the U.S. to sell THC-infused beverages at their games.

Tilray Brands Inc. last week acquired Truss Beverage Co. from Molson Coors Canada, further expanding the company’s cannabis market share position in Canada.

Massachusetts-based Harpoon Brewery has launched its first THC-infused beverage, Rec. Weed, in partnership with Novel Beverage Company.

Former Detroit Lions players Calvin Johnson Jr. and Rob Sims have launched their latest product line, Primitiv Performance, which blends electrolytes, vitamins, and water-soluble cannabinoids including CBD, CBG, CBC, and CBN into a recovery-focused sports drink.

Minnesota’s Fair State Brewing Cooperative has launched the state’s first fulfillment and co-packing house and distribution center exclusively for hemp-derived beverages.

Judy Yee is the CEO and co-founder of K-Zen, a cannabis beverages company based in California.

Jones Soda’s new cannabis-infused product line including THC-infused sodas, gummies, and syrups is set to launch on April 1.

Thailand’s Ichitan Group has released two cannabis-flavored drinks now available in convenience stores and vending machines throughout the country.

Gwyneth Paltrow of Goop has invested in the microdose-focused cannabis beverage company Cann, which currently operates in California and Nevada.

A Pabst Blue Ribbon-branded cannabis seltzer has been announced for the California marketplace by former Pabst Brewing employees.

Jake Bullock is co-founder of Cann, the Los Angeles-based cannabis beverage brand that focuses on low-dose THC consumer products.

Oregon cannabis regulators have issued a statewide ban on including CBD and THC in alcoholic beverages; the ban takes effect starting January 1.

The Cannabis Beverage Producers Alliance in Canada is pushing for changes to the country’s proposed cannabis edibles rules that would allow producers to manufacture infused beverages inside of facilities that also produce alcoholic beverages.