Dry-Hemping

[NWernBrewer]

I have done some experimentation along these lines. You can get a nice floral/herbal earthy flavor with none of the by adding a significant amount to the secondary, or you can introduce a small bud into each bottle and seal. The beauty of that is, you get the flavor (don't expect the taste to match the aroma) and you can drink the flower in the glass to get the effects.

Word of warning, however, not all pot is clean. A good percentage of the fixed bottles spoiled... undrinkably

Good luck

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

Surplus of shake=Joint
Always has always will.

 

[john from dc]

I've extracted the 'goodness' before. You need grain alcohol. Beer contains nowhere near enough alcohol to extract THC.

this is pretty much what i understand. you need fat or strong alcohol to extract anything useful. seems like it'd be possible to make a potion by steeping it in 151 or wild turkey or something, then adding that at bottling time.

possibly useful for us apartment dwellers who don't want to be too obvious. but as has been said above i'm skeptical that the resulting product would be better than its components.

 

[sipNswirl]

so it's been 1 week with the secret ingredient in the secondary so i tried a sample. I am very impressed with the flavour and aroma, turned out pretty much how i expected. I was pretty worried when we racked from the primary because it smelled like wet hay...and beer. i'd like to let it sit for another week to completely settle but i'd like to get the shake out. is it common to transfer to a tertiary for another week?

 

[AllHoppedUp]

seems like it'd be possible to make a potion by steeping it in 151 or wild turkey or something

I recall a thread on a different brewing forum (Northern Brewer maybe?) on this subject. Those who claimed to have been successful created a "tincture" with vodka and weed. Don't remember when they added it to the brew . . .

 

[NitrouStang96]

lol @ "dry hemping" - kudos.

Subscribed.

 

[EricK The Red]

Wow, the doob smokers are coming out of the woodwork! This explains how "crafty" some of us are when inventing tools of the trade.

 

[Chello]

I recall a thread on a different brewing forum (Northern Brewer maybe?) on this subject. Those who claimed to have been successful created a "tincture" with vodka and weed. Don't remember when they added it to the brew . . .

seems to me that if you need a high level of alcohol to extract the desired effects, why not just extract into a pint of vodka and then add the vodka to the beer...

 

[bbrim]

If you're going to use it you need to heat the cannabis up just like cooking. I think the activation temp is 180 or so. Cooking in oil helps aid the extraction but you could by without. I would recommend adding it with about 10 min left in your boil, not dry hopping. You could boil it in a bit of water and add the liquid to your secondary.

 

[Danek]

Word of warning, however, not all pot is clean. A good percentage of the fixed bottles spoiled... undrinkably

I've heard of people soaking their hops in vodka before dry-hopping with them, as a way of minimising the risk of infection. Whilst I don't think that'd be really necessary, it might be one way to reduce the spoliage you talk about if you wanted to add pot at the bottling stage.

 

[NWernBrewer]

I've heard of people soaking their hops in vodka before dry-hopping with them, as a way of minimising the risk of infection. Whilst I don't think that'd be really necessary, it might be one way to reduce the spoliage you talk about if you wanted to add pot at the bottling stage.

Good call - don't know if I'll try again though. The parts are better than the sum in my experience. Nothing like a good smoke and HB on a Friday evening.

 

[sipNswirl]

I agree whole-heartedly...the parts are better than the sum. I suppose being on disability for 1 year has made me a mad-scientist of sorts....way too much time on my hands!!

 

[PNWgirl]

she can't handle the smell of a brew on the stove (although enjoys drinking the finished product)...

I've never understood that... when I first started out and was brewing extract in the kitchen, I *loved* the smell of malt and hops! Still do when I clean up in the kitchen...

And to chime in, weed is best combined with beer when you have each in one hand

 

[Aclay]

Have you ever put beer in a bong and then drank it afterward? It seems like (to me) that it would taste like this, but with hop flavor. Bong water is not good.

 

[dj_van_gilder]

Have you ever put beer in a bong and then drank it afterward? It seems like (to me) that it would taste like this, but with hop flavor. Bong water is not good.

It would not taste like bong water at all. THC is not water solluble. Most of the stuff mixed in with bong water is byproducts of cumbustion of organic matter.

 

[BrooklynBrewer]

I just had a "hemp brew" in amsterdam. I was really excited, hops and weed being related and all.. The beer smelled nice (and kind), but tasted rather flat (like a bland lager), and definately DIDN't get me high. I suspect "dry hemping", but I wonder what boiling would do... (probably make really spicy ice cream)

spliff and a beer, anyone?

 

[BlindLemonLars]

This explains how "crafty" some of us are when inventing tools of the trade.

I've known stoners who couldn't change a lightbulb without written instructions, but when they need a pipe they suddenly transform into MacGyver.

 

[joejaz]

oh, i thought it was the dry humping post

 

[jiffybrew]

There is some stuff called "Everclear" that you can get south of the border. Its like 160 proof and burns but very little taste. Put it in that.

Or

Mix it with cookie dough. Instant magical cookies.

 

[dj_van_gilder]

There is some stuff called "Everclear" that you can get south of the border. Its like 160 proof and burns but very little taste. Put it in that.

Or

Mix it with cookie dough. Instant magical cookies.

Dude you can by Everclear in almost any liquor store in the US.

 

[NWernBrewer]

Dude you can by Everclear in almost any liquor store in the US.

No Everclear in Washington

 

[solbergg]

I had some hemp beer while in Switzerland during a high school european trip. My tripmates and I bought out the bar's entire stock. It can be done, and it is FANTASTIC.

 

[sipNswirl]

I had some hemp beer while in Switzerland during a high school european trip. My tripmates and I bought out the bar's entire stock. It can be done, and it is FANTASTIC.

AWESOME! I'd like to know more about that beer! I bottled the batch this weekend and it tasted great. I'm anxious to try it once it's all carbed up.

 

[EdWort]

I've known stoners who couldn't change a lightbulb without written instructions, but when they need a pipe they suddenly transform into MacGyver.

ROFLOL!....:rockin:

 

[pdxhophead]

this is pretty much what i understand. you need fat or strong alcohol to extract anything useful. seems like it'd be possible to make a potion by steeping it in 151 or wild turkey or something, then adding that at bottling time.

possibly useful for us apartment dwellers who don't want to be too obvious. but as has been said above i'm skeptical that the resulting product would be better than its components.

Alcohol is one of the ways to make hash oil. You steep your dried herb in alcohol overnight and then strain out the vegetable matter and use heat to evaporate off the alchol. You can even use 99% rubbing alcohol since you are going evaporate it off anyway. The other way is a butane extraction. If you do either just make sure you ventilate well because alcohol and butane vapors are flammable (obviously. . . I'm sure we all know that but it doesn't hurt to CYA). I'm in OR so I can confess to being a former grower and that's what I did with all my shake and underdeveloped lower buds. You can also make some Ice hash or canna-butter.

 

[solbergg]

AWESOME! I'd like to know more about that beer! I bottled the batch this weekend and it tasted great. I'm anxious to try it once it's all carbed up.

I really wish I could tell you more about it, but high school was 10 years ago. The bar was attached to the hotel we were staying in at a small skiing village called Wengen up in the Jungfrau mountain range. The beer supplier was the son of the hotel owner. He had a full line of hemp products for sale, in addition to the beer. He showed up a picture of the hemp fields, I've never seen so many marijuana plants in my life. Now, I don't think the beer had any THC in it, as all it did was get us drunk. But the taste was really, really good. One of the best beers I have had in my life. So there is potential - don't give up if you don't get it right the first time!

 

[NWernBrewer]

butane extraction

+1 on that. Of all the ways of extracting from the plant, that is my favorite. Using valves and a chamber.

 

[NitrouStang96]

Sounds interesting enough - I might try it for the novelty if someone has a good recipe and good amount to put in.

What would you call it? Puffenweizen?

 

[VA Brew]

Can someone elaborate on the butane extraction method. Next question is the shake you used swag, mids, or dank?

 

[k1v1116]

I dont have any personal experience with this, but you can use the stuff one of 2 ways either for flavor aroma and maybe bittering, or for the drug. My understanding is that THC is fat and alcohol soluble since i cant think of any beer that would have enough fat I'd go with strong alcohol (ethanol to be safe)maybe around 70% Abv. I've read that the drug can be extracted from all parts of the plant in alcohol but unless you want to add the flavor of what ever alcohol you use to the beer id make this extraction and add it to the boil around the same time as the bittering hops. all the alcohol should boil off. Something im not sure about is once the alcohol boils off will the THC stay in the beer or settle to the bottom with the trub since its not really water soluble, maybe someone else can answer this? to use it for flavor aroma or bittering you can most likely use it the same way as hops during the boil or dry hopping.