Hash Burger: Leafly's 2025 Strain of the Year + DEA Rescheduling Hearing

Daisy and Astoria break down Hash Burger, the umami-forward indica hybrid Leafly crowned 2025 Strain of the Year, then pivot to the federal cannabis news dropping this week — including the DEA rescheduling hearing that kicks off the day after this episode. In this episode: Why Leafly named Hash Burger its 2025 Strain of the Year The genetics: Han Solo Hash Plant × Double Burger, a ~60/40 indica-leaning hybrid Flavor notes — garlic, onion, cheese, pepper over a skunky, ammonia-tinted base Potency reality check: typical 28-35% THC and why "couch-lock as a service" is the move The DEA's formal Schedule I → Schedule III hearing runs June 29 through July 15, 2026 in Arlington, VA The fight over livestream access to the rescheduling hearing Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's deal to finally legalize recreational cannabis sales ATF preparing new guidance on cannabis consumers' Second Amendment gun rights after the SCOTUS ruling Sources: Leafly: Hash Burger strain profile Leafly: Hash Burger named Strain of the Year 2025 DEA: Marijuana rescheduling hearing begins June 29 Marijuana Moment: DEA's pre-hearing testimony stance Marijuana Moment: Judge pressed on livestream access Marijuana Moment: Virginia recreational sales deal reached Marijuana Moment: Virginia plan heads to governor's desk Marijuana Moment: ATF to clarify cannabis consumer gun rights Subscribe: mncannabishub.com Full transcript Daisy: —no, no, you have to let me finish, because the bag literally said "Hash Burger" on it and I thought it was a joke. Astoria: It's not a joke. That's the actual name. Daisy: I KNOW that now, Astoria. I did not know that on Sunday night at ten p.m. when my budtender handed me a jar and went, "this is the one." Astoria: Okay so you walked in totally blind. Daisy: I walked in blind, I walked out high, and I woke up Monday on the floor next to a half-eaten quesadilla. Astoria: Of course you did. Daisy: The quesadilla had ONE bite out of it. One. Like I committed and then my body went, nope, we sleep now. Astoria: That's the strain working as intended, babe. Daisy: Is it though? Is it? Astoria: Yes. Leafly named Hash Burger Strain of the Year for 2025. Like, officially. Daisy: Wait, that's a real award? Astoria: No, Daisy, I made it up on the drive over. Daisy: Okay, fair. Astoria: It's a real thing. Strain of the Year. And they gave it to a nug that tastes like a cheeseburger. Daisy: See, that's what I want to talk about, because that's INSANE. Astoria: It's a little insane. Daisy: A whole industry of like, brilliant breeders, lab coats, terpene charts, and the winner is named after the thing you order at two a.m. Astoria: To be fair, the thing you order at two a.m. is the most important food group in this house. Daisy: Truly our love language. Astoria: So here's the part I think you're going to love. The flavor notes? Garlic. Onion. Cheese. Pepper. Daisy: Stop. Astoria: Over a skunky, kind of ammonia-tinted base. Daisy: Ammonia? Ammonia is a flavor note now? Astoria: According to the people who write these things, yes. Daisy: Babe, ammonia is what I smell when I clean the litter box. Astoria: And yet. Daisy: And yet I'm supposed to grind it up and put it in my lungs. Astoria: You