Pine in fermenter!

[Christianb17]

Has anyone added pine needles into the fermenter to make a Christmas ale extra Christmassy?

 

[BorealBrewer]

I a spruce tip APA once, and sometimes make spruce tip tea in the spring.

Spruce isn't pine, but if you do try...only add a little. Take the amount you think you should add, and add half that. My opinion (or, o-pine-nion), but if pine is like spruce - a little goes a LOOONG way.

In the APA, I added the tips at 5 minutes. One tip (so, I guess, maybe 20-30 fresh, green needles) per gallon.

Hope this helps...let us know if you go ahead with this!

 

[Christianb17]

I'm thinking about racking the beer into the second fermenter and running it through pine or spruce like a randalizer. Thanks for the input!

 

[Zamial]

Ingesting pine needles can cause miscarriages. Please be REALLY aware if you use these in a brew. This is why spruce tips are more widely used.

I am planning my x-mas ale and will be brewing it soon. It will be a spruce tip and peppermint leaf gruit.

 

[MaltnHops]

Miscarriages? Should pregnant women be drinking anyways?

 

[unionrdr]

You use the young,growing tips of the spruce branches only. The rest of the tree's sap contain alcoloids & are poisonous. So the paler colored tips of the branches only.