Don’t Laugh—Dabs Are as Artisanal as Any Wine or Beer

Concentrates are as fine a local craft product as any award-winning Washington State wine or beerby Lester BlackIt is 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday, and I am pointing the blue flame of a propane torch at a little glass piece fixed to the end of a water pipe. It takes about a minute for the glass nail to start to glow red-hot. That's when I turn the torch off and start my timer. After about 40 seconds, the red glow has faded and I drop a piece of hash about the size of a grain of rice onto the nail. I b