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Hash Burger — Leafly's 2025 Strain of the Year — gets a taste test (ammonia, onion, funk, and 28-35% THC), then we cover Opry Entertainment naming Señorita its official 5mg THC beverage partner across the Grand Ole Opry, Ascend Amphitheater, ACL Live, and Ole Red.
This week we taste-test Leafly's 2025 Strain of the Year — Hash Burger — and unpack the country music world's wildest crossover: the Grand Ole Opry's new official THC beverage partner. Real strains, real venues, real ammonia.
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Daisy: —and I'm not saying it smelled like an ammonia spill, I'm saying it WAS an ammonia spill, Astoria.
Astoria: In your apartment.
Daisy: In my apartment. On a Tuesday.
Astoria: Okay back up, because you skipped the part where this is supposedly weed.
Daisy: It IS weed. That's the whole problem. It's the strain everyone's been losing their minds over.
Astoria: Wait, the burger one?
Daisy: Hash Burger. Yes. Leafly named it Strain of the Year. Like, officially. For 2025.
Astoria: And you felt obligated.
Daisy: I felt obligated.
Astoria: Obligated by who, the weed magazine?
Daisy: By the algorithm, Astoria. By society.
Astoria: Society did not tell you to buy a strain called Hash Burger.
Daisy: They kinda did though.
Astoria: Okay so what's in it. Like, what is the burger.
Daisy: It's a hybrid. Sixty-forty, indica-leaning. The parents are Han Solo Hash Plant—
Astoria: That's a real name?
Daisy: That's a real name. Crossed with Double Burger.
Astoria: Double Burger.
Daisy: I know.
Astoria: Someone in a lab coat picked that.
Daisy: Someone in a lab coat with a dream. And the THC on this thing is like twenty-eight to thirty-five percent.
Astoria: That's a wide range.
Daisy: That's a "you'll find out" range.
Astoria: Okay—
Daisy: That's a "depends on the batch and your tolerance and also God" range.
Astoria: So you went in blind.
Daisy: I went in confident. There's a difference.
Astoria: There's not.
Daisy: There's a vibe difference.
Astoria: Continue.
Daisy: So the budtender pulls out the jar. And immediately—immediately—my whole face was like, what is happening.
Astoria: Because?
Daisy: Because the official flavor profile, and I'm not making this up, is earthy, ammonia, umami, onion, and funk.
Astoria: You're—
Daisy: That's published.
Astoria: That's not a strain, that's a French dip.
Daisy: I KNOW.
Astoria: That's a sad French dip.
Daisy: Astoria, it smelled like if a gym sock fell in love with a burger. And they had a child. And the child was a vapor.
Astoria: Stop.
Daisy: I'm describing it accurately.
Astoria: And you brought it home.
Daisy: I brought it home. Because I am a professional.
Astoria: You're a podcaster.
Daisy: Same thing.
Astoria: Sure.
Daisy: So I'm in my kitchen, I open the jar—
Astoria: In the kitchen?
Daisy: Yes, because that's where my snacks are, and I had a plan.
Astoria: The plan being get high and eat the snacks.
Daisy: The plan being curate the experience.
Astoria: Okay. What happened.
Daisy: I open the jar, and my neighbor knocks on the door within ninety seconds.
Astoria: No.
Daisy: Within ninety seconds.
Astoria: What did she say.
Daisy: She said, and I quote, "Did something die in the hallway."
Astoria: Oh my god.
Daisy: I said no. She said are you sure. I said yes ma'am, that was me, I'm so sorry.
Astoria: You apologized for your weed.
Daisy: I apologized for my weed.
Astoria: To a stranger.
Daisy: To my NEIGHBOR. Whose Wi-Fi I steal.
Astoria: Daisy.
Daisy: It's a complicated relationship.
Astoria: So then what.
Daisy: So then I'm like, the smell is a feature not a bug, allegedly. I grind a little. I pack a tiny bowl. Tiny. Like a thimble.
Astoria: Smart.
Daisy: One hit.
Astoria: One.
Daisy: One hit. And I'll be honest with you—
Astoria: Yeah—
Daisy: I don't fully know what an indica-dominant hybrid is SUPPOSED to feel like at thirty-something percent. Like in theory I know. In practice—
Astoria: In practice you melt.
Daisy: I melted. Astoria, I melted into the linoleum.
Astoria: Okay.
Daisy: The effects, on paper, are sleepy, relaxed, and euphoric.
Astoria: That sounds nice.
Daisy: It IS nice. Until you remember the OTHER paper says possible headache and possible paranoia.
Astoria: Oh.
Daisy: Yeah.
Astoria: Which one did you get.
Daisy: I got the relaxed one. But I was on alert for the paranoia one, which is its own paranoia.
Astoria: Wait, you can be paranoid about getting paranoid?
Daisy: That's the entire experience of being me, Astoria.
Astoria: Okay fair.
Daisy: I sat on my floor and watched the freezer hum for forty minutes.
Astoria: That's a vibe.
Daisy: I felt CONNECTED to my appliances.
Astoria: Beautiful.
Daisy: It was. And then I ate a slice of cold pizza standing up.
Astoria: Standing up.
Daisy: Couldn't sit. Brain wouldn't let me commit.
Astoria: So here's my actual question.
Daisy: Mmm.
Astoria: Would you do it again.
Daisy: Yes. But like, with a chaperone.
Astoria: A weed chaperone.
Daisy: A weed chaperone. Someone who can drive me to a bag of chips.
Astoria: I think you mean "friend."
Daisy: Don't make it weird.
Astoria: I'm not the one watching the freezer.
Daisy: Touche.
Astoria: So if someone's listening, and they want to try Hash Burger—
Daisy: Half. The. Dose. You. Think.
Astoria: Half what you think.
Daisy: Half what you think. Eat something first. And do not open the jar near your front door.
Astoria: Solid advice.
Daisy: Lived experience.
Astoria: Okay. Pivot.
Daisy: Pivot.
Astoria: Did you see this Opry thing.
Daisy: The country music—
Astoria: The Grand Ole Opry. They officially partnered with a THC beverage.
Daisy: Wait, when.
Astoria: A couple weeks ago. May fourteenth.
Daisy: Astoria. You're telling me grandma's favorite venue is now grandma's favorite venue PLUS a buzz.
Astoria: Essentially.
Daisy: Who is it.
Astoria: The brand is called Señorita. It's a hemp-derived THC drink. Five milligrams a can, twelve ounces.
Daisy: Five milligrams is the polite dose.
Astoria: It's the "introduce yourself" dose.
Daisy: It's the "I'll have one and pretend I'm fine" dose.
Astoria: Right.
Daisy: Where can you actually get it.
Astoria: So, the Grand Ole Opry itself. A Nashville venue called Category 10. Ascend Amphitheater—
Daisy: Also Nashville.
Astoria: Also Nashville. ACL Live, which is in Austin.
Daisy: Oh that one's huge.
Astoria: And three Ole Red locations.
Daisy: The Blake Shelton bars.
Astoria: The Blake Shelton bars.
Daisy: So we have officially entered a timeline where you can sip a five-milligram THC drink at a Blake Shelton bar.
Astoria: We have officially entered that timeline.
Daisy: I love it here.
Astoria: It's wild. Like, ten years ago this was a conversation that ended careers.
Daisy: Now it ends sound checks.
Astoria: Stop.
Daisy: Here's my hot take.
Astoria: Mhm.
Daisy: Country music and weed have always been the same demographic, we just weren't allowed to say it out loud.
Astoria: Daisy.
Daisy: I said what I said.
Astoria: That is a wildly broad statement.
Daisy: It's also true.
Astoria: It's a vibes argument.
Daisy: All my arguments are vibes arguments, Astoria, that's my brand.
Astoria: Fair.
Daisy: Think about it. Slow songs. Long drives. Big feelings. Someone's truck.
Astoria: You're describing every demographic.
Daisy: I'm describing the IDEAL demographic.
Astoria: Okay.
Daisy: I'm just saying, a five-milligram can at an amphitheater on a summer night sounds like the most American thing I've ever heard.
Astoria: It's actually kind of perfect.
Daisy: Right?
Astoria: The dose is the part I want to underline though.
Daisy: Yeah underline it.
Astoria: Because five milligrams—
Daisy: Is friendly.
Astoria: Is friendly. If you've never done a THC drink, that is a SOLID starting point.
Daisy: Don't be a hero.
Astoria: Don't stack three of them on top of a Hash Burger bowl.
Daisy: Oh god.
Astoria: Don't do that.
Daisy: Don't be me on a Tuesday.
Astoria: Don't be Daisy on a Tuesday.
Daisy: The PSA of the episode.
Astoria: Honestly though, what I like about this partnership—
Daisy: Yeah—
Astoria: It's the venue normalizing it. Not influencers. Not a brand deal on someone's feed. The venue.
Daisy: That's a real shift.
Astoria: It changes what's allowed to be in the cup holder.
Daisy: I love that. The cup holder is the frontier.
Astoria: The cup holder is the frontier.
Daisy: Put that on a shirt.
Astoria: No.
Daisy: Okay last thing on Señorita.
Astoria: Yeah.
Daisy: If I'm at one of these shows, and I'm choosing between Hash Burger flower and the can—
Astoria: Easy.
Daisy: Easy?
Astoria: You're choosing the can.
Daisy: I'm choosing the can.
Astoria: Because you don't want to bring a jar that smells like onion ammonia into ACL Live.
Daisy: I do not want to bring a jar that smells like onion ammonia into ACL Live.
Astoria: Right.
Daisy: The can is portable. The can is polite.
Astoria: The can does not get you kicked out of the lawn section.
Daisy: The cup holder is the frontier!
Astoria: Stop.
Daisy: Never.
Astoria: Okay so. Takeaway.
Daisy: Takeaway.
Astoria: If you're trying Hash Burger, start small, eat first, and warn your neighbors.
Daisy: Warn your neighbors. Slide a note under the door.
Astoria: And if you're going to a country show this summer and you see Señorita on the menu—
Daisy: One can. See how you feel. Then make decisions like an adult.
Astoria: Or like a slightly-buzzed adult who likes line dancing.
Daisy: Same person.
Astoria: Same person.
Daisy: That's our recommendation.
Astoria: That's our recommendation.
Daisy: For more reviews, dispensary stuff, and general nonsense from us—
Astoria: Yeah, head over to mncannabishub.com.
Daisy: That's where it all lives.
Astoria: We'll be back next week.
Daisy: With more questionable decisions.
Astoria: With a chaperone.
Daisy: With a chaperone. Bye.
Astoria: Bye.
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