Dry-Hemping

[homebrewer_99]

...scheisse Mann. Verueckt!

Hier auch:

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[Klainmeister]

Interesting. So this is just for the THC beer flavor ohne die THC effects? I could order this, I will be in Munich for all of Dezember.

 

[pirate504]

Anyway, if you like the taste of the plant, you can flavor it two ways. I've found that boiling shake (the throw-away parts of the plant) in with the hops works the best. I've not tried it dry hopping, but I assume it would work just as well.

this is what I would think woulkd be the best way to go since the notion would be why waste good bud?

Also alot of the leaves that are found close to the bud/flowering portion of the plant have some trace amounts of thc/ resin on them that fall from the buds themselves. Boiling 1 or 2 dry ounces of those leaves halfway through the your boil *should* inpart a distintive enough 'hemp' taste in your beer to be noticed.

/ never tried it, but if I were to expeirment with a 'hemp' beer I think I would try this approach first.

 

[drinker]

BTW....THC is NOT a narcotic. The government just classifies it as such to up the penalties...

Right on! :rockin:

 

[Turricaine]

A few ounces of skunk weed really adds to the aroma LOL

 

[dougjones31]

If I messed with the stuff, I could get as much as I wanted for free. Every year, this time of the year, during hunting season, I walk up on atleast 2 or 3 patches growing on some of our hunting land.

I bet that a pound or 2 of the stuff added to a batch would really pack a wallop!

 

[EvilTOJ]

And where, hypothetically, is your hunting ground, dougjones31? Inquiring mimes want to know.

 

[dougjones31]

I don't need anymore people disturbing my deer.

I live in central SC. Three years ago I discovered that they had planted almost a whole acre! I did not realize that deer will eat the stuff. They will! I was walking to one of my old(previous year ) stands and I cut through down by the creek and there was a big buck standing on the edge of about 1 acre of 6 ft tall pot plants. He was eating the on one of the plants and never even noticed me....until I put 300 grains of lead into his neck.

I had to call the sherriff and have them come remove the plants for me. They never did find out who planted them. Funny thing that the sheriff owns some of the adjacent land. I think he had something to do with the patch.....Only him and 2 other guys worked on clearing the plants. It took them a week to cut them all down and haul them off. I would have figured that the whole Sheriffs dept would have been there.....maybe he did not want them to know!

 

[Genghis77]

Marijuana is now the biggest cash crop in the US. At over $35 Billion a year it outdoes wheat and corn combined. Time tey legalized, regulated and tax that resource.

 

[chillHayze]

Marijuana is now the biggest cash crop in the US. At over $35 Billion a year it outdoes wheat and corn combined. Time tey legalized, regulated and tax that resource.

Amen brotha!

 

[Reverend JC]

I personally don't smoke it or use it to make brownies or beer or what ever else it is people do to try and injest it with out smoking it the old fashioned way.

BUT.....................I have friends in places with high paying jobs and families and who conduct themselves in a normal manor throughout their daily lives who will smoke pot at night or weekends or what ever.

They should legalize it. It is no more a gateway drug than booze. AND wasnt it originally made illegal to keep out the mexicans? to villinize them? and now look, seems we are loseing the war on that as well, and still not profitting from all the weed being smoked here in the USA.

Sorry, guess i hi-jacked this a bit.

*steps off soap box*

 

[dibby33]

I hear ya father! I have been smoking for nearly 20 years now and have not touched anything else at all and have never been tempted. I also take a break for a couple of months a year and I do not get cravings or withdrawls.

The only reason that they do not want to legalise it is that they cannot tax it as you can just grow it yourself. Would be like trying to tax homebrew and we all know how the prohabition went!

 

[Sir Humpsalot]

You can grow tobacco too... but not a lot of people go through the trouble when it's so easy to purchase it legally. Ditto with beer. Sure, you can skirt the taxes issue by brewing it yourself, but most people are perfectly content to give a couple bucks to the gubmint to get their fix. Same thing would happen with marijuana.

Anyway, not to be a buzzkill, but there was a case awhile back where the court decided that for the purpose of determining the weight of a controlled substance in the possession of an offender, it was correct and proper to include the carrying device. For example, in the case I am thinking of, they added the weight of the paper to the LSD in determining how much the defendant had for purposes of sentencing. In other words, you put the whole thing on a scale, not just the controlled substance itself.

It would not surprise me one bit to see this extended to homebrew with such ingredients. Hop a bomber of beer with an ounce of pot and you now have 22 ounces of controlled substance.

Go ahead and be creative, but be careful too.

 

[Genghis77]

I think if the government would effectively tax marijuana, its value would come down. Most marijuana users would simply grow their own. Whether booze, tobacco or drugs, the thing that keeps it going is the profits being made. I would suppose that were marijuana be taxed and regulated, companies like tobacco and alcohol firms would set up and monopolize things within a few years because they could produce more, better and cheaper than an individual might. Self growing might become like home brewing, you simply couldn't produce in quantity or cost, but might produce enough for your own needs as a hobby.

But with $35 Billion a year, the current prohibition is not only not working but a mockery of the law and waste of resources.

 

[Sir Humpsalot]

I disagree that most users would grow their own. Think about during prohibition. Most people actually did brew their own beer or distill their own spirits. They had the practical know-how and ability. They actually did it.

But once it was legalized, did people keep brewing? Nope. They went over to the local tavern and picked up a pail of beer.

I think you over-estimate peoples' desire to get their hands dirty and do things that other people can do for them at a reasonable cost. Especially when it comes to folks who live in a city, for instance.

I don't know where you live, but I sincerely doubt there are many people around me who would care to dedicate that amount of space, brain power, and time to a horticultural pursuit if the product were available down at the local drug store.

 

[Genghis77]

A curiousity where I live. They publish court sentences in the paper. In case after case people getting heavier sentences and fines for getting caught with marijuana than for manufacturing and sales of methaphetamines. But, you'll get a bigger fine for not wearing your seat belt than for the drug violations. Doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[lostforatime]

Years ago I know that a friend put 2 oz in a ale. I never tried it though.

 

[Torchiest]

From what I understand, fully one third of all United States citizens favor complete legalization of marijuana, and I figure that number will only grow with the passing of time. I think within the next decade or two, weed might just be legal. It would eliminate so many problems!

 

[Genghis77]

I don't use marijuana, but advocate its legalization. My feeling is that laws too frequently broken are a waste of law enforcement and court time unless it is a matter of public safety. Marijuana is less a threat to public safety than alcohol.

 

[Klainmeister]

I cant believe i forgot to post about this. My friends donated and used my equipment to make a batch. somewhere around 1.5 oz and using a belgian tripple recipe with pacman yeast. It finished a little while ago and we had a celebration called the T.H.C. Party (The Heaven Creator Party).

It's not worth the cost. You get drunk like normal with a little bit of something else you cant quite put your finger on or explain. It was a good experiment, but after a cost-benefit analysis it doesn't make sense.

 

[JacktheKnife]

I didn't do it!
I wasn't me!
I wasn't even there!
I swear!
I swear!!!

 

[jray2212]

I really want to make weed beer ounce....no matter the cost...i just want a recipe that works...and if possible simple....

 

[rOland]

I lived in Northern California (Humboldt County) for a while. They've got a local brew called Hemp Ale, which is nothing like what you're looking for.

While I was there, though, I got invited to a party thrown by a brewer at the local microbrew. He had some kegged beers he made for fun that were impossible to sell: wormwood ale and a THC ale. They worked incrediably well. I wasn't brewing at the time, so I didn't ask him how he did it, but, with some thought, you could make it work.

 

[peterp]

well a freind of a friend of a friend in Canada.....

In other words NOT ME. Really

Used to grow hops and "other" plants.
Just out of curiosity dropped some nice smelly buds into a few bottles at bottling times.

There was no psychotropic effects, however the beer did get a wonderful skunky nose to it which I (errrr, HE) found quite nice. The residual plant material wasn't of interest personally however another friend (really this time) informed me that he kept the stuff and dried it out and smoked it.

How was it I asked. HORRIBLE, he said, but it did the job!:cross:

Taste is relative I guess.

 

[ECOdork]

the stuff with THC aside, hemp has many, many uses and is a heck of a lot more sustainable than other crops we grow.
Seeds are Good for humans and animal feed as they are high in fiber, good lipids, and essential proteins but are "illegal" to grow in US.

Hemp clothes wear in, not out.
hemp paper to replace acres of pine trees
etc, etc, etc.

And I agree (without admitting to anything, one way or the other) something kinda messed up about the severity of the laws for something no "worse" than booze or the thousands of prescription drugs that we really don't know the long-terms effects of...

 

[cclloyd]

Just for the record - the main reason weed was made illegal in the first place was because of the threat it posed to the burgeoning petro-chemical industry when it was in it's infancy. A good number of the items that are derived from oil are easily and less dangerously made from the hemp plant. Paper, cloth, fuel - think about it.....

 

[GoatFarmersInternational]

Kay, my two cents...
My suggestion would be to infuse your dried herb with whiskey (instead of say vodka or grain alcohol) while your ale is in the primary (letting it steep for a week or so), and then to add it towards the end of fermentation in the secondary. Whiskey imparts a flavor that is much more compatible with beer (for instance, Northern Brewer has a "Bourbon Barrel Porter" kit that they sell http://www.northernbrewer.com/docs/kis-html/1601.html , which looks interesting even without your herbal additions). Another option would be to brew an ale of fairly high gravity, and then dry hop in the secondary. The former option, in my opinion, would provide more of the desired effects, while imparting a fairly mellow flavor.
MJ is orally active by itself, but to a significantly lesser degree than other modes of ingestion; and thc is soluble in alcohol and fats.
Also, I would avoid adding it to the boil (and others will doubtless disagree), as I would fear that this would destroy some of the volatile oils (and other things).
Of course, all of this is just hypothetical, right? We all have the utmost respect for the law, even when the law is ridiculous.

 

[GoatFarmersInternational]

Oh, and when I say "add it to the secondary" - I mean just the whiskey (filter out the plant material)... By this point it will have absorbed enough of the desired chemicals.

Or you could just smoke it while you drink your homebrew...

 

[TheBisHop]

Single most expensive beer I've ever made. 9 cases of 187 ml. bottles. Special hops... um, lots... I think about $600.00 worth. (not my phase of the process...) Soaked about 2 months in Everclear, added at the end of the boil. Barleywine, maybe about 1.090 or so. The brew was purposefully undocumented.
Effect?
Yet to be determined, but our estimation is one of the small bottles should be good for 2 people, based on a test of the everclear extract at the proper dilution.
Will report back later.

 

[blefferd]

lol i had a horrible dream last night that i smoked pot and had a pee pee test the next day and i lost my job and every thing ive worked so hard to get lol i woke up and told my self it was just a dream and went back to sleep

now with that being said why couldnt you add buds just as you would hops during the boil? i mean it would be somewhat expensive lol but we are talking about weed beer here,

and another observation, wouldnt you brew it more for TASTE as to getting "high" from it? i mean if you wanted to get high why dont you just smoke it 1oz of bud would do alot more for you smoking it than it would if you brewed it into a 5 gallon batch of beer lol just my observation


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