Lagunitas Hi-Fi Sessions is the THC sparkling water from Heineken-owned Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California. The brewery makes the hopped water, and AbsoluteXtracts, part of CannaCraft's house of brands, infuses it with cannabis for licensed dispensaries. "Lagunitas does not cultivate, manufacture, distribute or sell any cannabis product," the brand states.
Five 12-ounce cans make up the 2026 lineup, from 2-milligram Cloudberry to 10-milligram Hoppy Chill, Mango and Rainbow Sherbet. More than 20 dispensaries list the line on Weedmaps, most of them in Southern California.
From 4:20 parties to SuperCritical
Tony Magee founded Lagunitas in 1993 in the West Marin town of Lagunitas and moved the brewery to Petaluma the next year. Cannabis ran through its culture from the start, with 4:20 p.m. parties at the brewery and a beer called Undercover Investigation Shut-down Ale.
Heineken bought a 50% stake in 2015 and the rest on May 4, 2017. It said Lagunitas would keep operating as an independent entity inside its Americas region, with Magee staying on as executive chairman.
That same year Lagunitas teamed up with AbsoluteXtracts, which it calls a like-minded neighbor up the street in Sonoma County. Their first project, SuperCritical, produced a vape pairing cannabis terpenes with hops and SuperCritical Ale. That beer was brewed with terpenes pulled from Northern California cannabis and Yakima hops, and the first batch sold out.
Hi-Fi Hops reaches dispensaries in 2018
Hi-Fi Hops came next. Maria Stipp, then Lagunitas CEO, told Food Dive in June 2018 that a no-calorie beverage infused with cannabis "seemed like a perfect next step." ABX announced the drink on July 20, 2018, and the cans reached select California dispensaries at the end of that month.
The launch came in two versions, 10 milligrams of THC or 5 milligrams each of THC and CBD, in 12-ounce cans that YourEDM priced at about $8 apiece. ABX built it on water-soluble THC and CBD.
Colorado followed on September 18, 2019. CannaCraft and Lagunitas put the 10-milligram can on Colorado dispensary shelves first, with the 5:5 version to follow. CannaCraft CEO Dennis Hunter pitched the state as "full of beer and cannabis enthusiasts."
Two Emerald Cups and the switch to Sessions
Hi-Fi Hops Unplugged took first place in Edibles: Beverages at the 2021 Emerald Cup. At the 18th annual Emerald Cup Awards in Los Angeles on May 14, 2022, Hoppy Chill won the same category, the line's second straight title there. Tim Blake, Taylor Blake and Victoria Shea were among the judges ABX named.
By then the line carried its current name. Design studio HiFi Brands handled the rename from Hi-Fi Hops to Hi-Fi Sessions, with creative direction by Paul Demyanovich and Allison Rosenwinkel and design by Simi Mahtani. The job covered packaging for every can and dose, retail posters, billboards and launch social content.
Cloudberry arrived as the low-dose can at 2 milligrams each of THC and CBD, and ABX posted a Cloudberry Shandy recipe on May 14, 2022.
Five cans, three THC levels
The brand's site lists the 2026 lineup this way:
- Cloudberry, with 2 milligrams of THC and 2 milligrams of CBD.
- Hoppy Balance, with 5 milligrams each of THC and CBD.
- Hoppy Chill, with 10 milligrams of THC and under 2 milligrams of CBD.
- Mango, with 10 milligrams of THC and under 2 milligrams of CBD.
- Rainbow Sherbet, with 10 milligrams of THC and under 2 milligrams of CBD.
Every can holds 12 fluid ounces and lists zero calories, zero sugar and zero carbohydrates. Weedmaps listings in September 2026 showed singles and four-packs across the range, plus a 10-pack of Hoppy Chill.
Brewed in Petaluma, infused by CannaCraft
Production starts at the Lagunitas brewery at 1280 N. McDowell Blvd. in Petaluma, where the sparkling water is dry-hopped with Yakima Valley hop varieties. The water then goes to AbsoluteXtracts, which adds THC distillate made from sun-grown cannabis. Jeremy Marshall, the Lagunitas BrewMonster, calls the result "a hoppy sparkling water that drinks like a beer."
The brand's site names CRFT Manufacturing, Inc. as the manufacturer under state license DCC-10002270. The Higher Origins license tracker lists that Type 6 manufacturer license as active through April 4, 2027.
CannaCraft's family of brands puts Hi-Fi Sessions alongside ABX, Care By Design, Farmer and the Felon, Loud + Clear and Humboldt Terp Council. That arrangement keeps a Heineken brewery on the water side of the can and a licensed California cannabis manufacturer on the THC side.
Where Hi-Fi Sessions sells in 2026
Weedmaps lists more than 20 dispensaries carrying the cans, concentrated in Palm Springs, El Paseo, Hemet, Moreno Valley, Riverside, Corona, Vista and Encinitas. Solful's Sebastopol store lists Hoppy Balance on its menu, and the brand's Hi-Finder locator points shoppers to retailers near them.
Other brewers took the same route into the dispensary. Pabst Labs launched a 5-milligram THC seltzer in California in October 2020. Lagunitas beat it to dispensary shelves by two years, and in 2026 Heineken still owns the brewery while CannaCraft still lists Hi-Fi Sessions among its brands.
For adults 21 and over.