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Until about 10 years ago, there were quite a few beers made with hemp available in the US. Then TTB/ATF put out a policy and also said:

On April 6, 2000, ATF issued a policy on the use of hemp or hemp components in alcohol beverages and on the use of the term “hemp” or depictions of the hemp plant on labels for alcohol beverages. The policy does not ban the use of hemp in alcohol beverages, but was created to assure that beverage alcohol products do not contain a controlled substance (tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)). ATF also determined that the appearance of the word “hemp” or depictions of hemp plants on labels was likely to create a misleading impression as to the true identity or quality of the product. As of this writing, there are no approved certificates of label approval for products containing hemp.

Slowly but surely, however, in recent months various beers with hemp are starting to re-emerge and three of them are highlighted in this post. For the uninitiated, hemp happens to be a member of the cannabaceae family, a cousin of hops and close kin of marijuana (or cannabis). Above is O’Fallon’s Hemp Hop Rye, an amber ale brewed with hemp seeds and approved earlier this year. The label mentions...

This post will start short but is likely to grow long over time. Very long. We will try to show the enormous range of foodstuffs from which wine is produced. With each post we will add to the list, and I predict it will grow way past 50 60. Today we add Persimmon wine to the list.

1. Avocado wine
2. Banana wine
3. Cantaloupe wine
4. Dandelion wine
5. Elder flower wine
6. Fig wine
7. Grape wine
8. Jasmine fruit wine
9. Kiwi wine
10. Linden flower wine
11. Lychee wine
12. Mangosteen wine
13. Marionberry wine
14. Onion wine
15. Pomegranate wine
16. Pear wine
17. Pepper wine
18. Persimmon wine. Made by Buck Mountain Winery of Doe Run, Missouri.
19. Pineapple wine
20. Rhubarb wine
21. Strawberry wine
22. Tomato wine
23. Watermelon wine

This post will start short but is likely to grow long over time. Very long. We will try to show the enormous range of foodstuffs from which wine is produced. With each post we will add to the list, and I predict it will grow way past 50 60. Today we add Strawberry wine to the list.

1. Avocado wine
2. Banana wine
3. Cantaloupe wine
4. Dandelion wine
5. Elder flower wine
6. Fig wine
7. Grape wine
8. Jasmine fruit wine
9. Kiwi wine
10. Linden flower wine
11. Lychee wine
12. Mangosteen wine
13. Marionberry wine
14. Onion wine
15. Pomegranate wine
16. Pear wine
17. Pepper wine
18. Pineapple wine
19. Rhubarb wine
20. Strawberry wine. This fruit wine is made by Logan’s View Winery of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania.
21. Tomato wine
22. Watermelon wine