Can Beer be made with Cannabis?

[Lord Fatwa]

Although I haven't done the proper research, I always thought someone COULD make beer with cannabis, because hops is in the same plant family (i think) as hops. If you substituted hops for cannabis, couldn't you make cannabis beer?

My logic is pretty flawed, and know nothing of the beer making process, so this is all brainstorming. BUT IS IT POSSIBLE??

 

[dale gribble]

yes..it can be added as a dry"hop" addition..at the end of fermentation...

 

[Farmer John]

Theres a cooking with cannabis subforum here at IC, Bastard Bruce is more than happy to share his ideas, he makes some veeery nice cannabis cider etc.

 

[Sammet]

There's even a Cannabis Brewing section:

http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?forumid=107

 

[Guest]

Although I haven't done the proper research, I always thought someone COULD make beer with cannabis, because hops is in the same plant family (i think) as hops. If you substituted hops for cannabis, couldn't you make cannabis beer?

My logic is pretty flawed, and know nothing of the beer making process, so this is all brainstorming. BUT IS IT POSSIBLE??

Dont know about making beer with it as if its hops, but you can dissolve the trichromes in ultra high proof liquor, and get an alcohol/weed buzz from a bottle.

 

[dank.frank]

well, I am pretty sure the answer to this is actually the opposite of what you are thinking....but if you are a dedicated person, you can actually make hops that produce THC, to make beer that gets you high and drunk...hehehe
(I have never done this, although, I know it has been done)

It is all about grafting...you grow a cannabis plant and a hops plant...say both 45 days. You chop the top off the canna, and split the remaining stem "stump". Cut down the hops plant and cut both side of the stem so that it forms a "V". Then insert the hops plant top into the slit on the canna stump and tape up....let grow....make beer....wooo hooo!!!

That is the long/short of it...and yes, it does work b/c if you research hops and canna are distant relatives.

 

[Lord Fatwa]

thanks everybody, i didn't realize that we had a brewing section on this forum

 

[GudBud]

me either....

 

[dank.frank]

i didn't really think anyone was going to take me seriously...sorry....I was being sarcastic with the "dedicated person" part...won't joke around anymore...

 

[dank.frank]

no, just in the era I grew up that is what they taught ya. I know they have since then proved that to be an inncorrect process...but it was kinda a nostalga post...hehehe. Not offended.

 

[vintner]

Bastard Bruce is more than happy to share his ideas, he makes some veeery nice cannabis cider etc.

Ha ha! That's sort of funny seeing as how he hasn't posted here in months. It would be nice if he DID share his ideas. This part of the forum is pretty much waisted space. It's rarely visited, and there is no mod to speak of.

 

[Truthman]

I was thinking you could mix the cannabis with some type of liquid sugar such as honey or
maple leaf syrup that has been heated to let the trichomes get into the sugar and being that its so sticky it will be apart of the sugar that the yeast eat and convert into alcohol.

Doing it this way, in theory, would make the cannabis more bioavailable than normal because the yeast will break it down into such small molecules that it can get absorbed with the alcohol into the small intestines quick.

Just giving a different perspective on brewing cannabis.

 

[Paddi]

Smoke your weed and drink a good beer

Since youre here, you mabye can grow some good weed. But brewing drinkable beer is an art....Do what your best to

Peace
Paddi

 

[vintner]

I was thinking you could mix the cannabis with some type of liquid sugar such as honey or
maple leaf syrup that has been heated to let the trichomes get into the sugar and being that its so sticky it will be apart of the sugar that the yeast eat and convert into alcohol.

Doing it this way, in theory, would make the cannabis more bioavailable than normal because the yeast will break it down into such small molecules that it can get absorbed with the alcohol into the small intestines quick.

Just giving a different perspective on brewing cannabis.

I don't think yeast will break down THC. Also, you can't put bud strait into primary fermentation. Even water cured bud. The end product ends up taking on too much flavor from the plant matter and your mead (which is fermented honey) will end up tasting like grass or straw.
There are ways to instill THC into wine, beer, mead or cyder. There are several good recipes here, but for the most part, I agree w/Paddi^. Especially if you don't know much about the process. Smoke your pot, and drink your beer.

 

[Truthman]

I don't think yeast will break down THC. Also, you can't put bud strait into primary fermentation. Even water cured bud. The end product ends up taking on too much flavor from the plant matter and your mead (which is fermented honey) will end up tasting like grass or straw.
There are ways to instill THC into wine, beer, mead or cyder. There are several good recipes here, but for the most part, I agree w/Paddi^. Especially if you don't know much about the process. Smoke your pot, and drink your beer.

I'm not talking about putting the bud into the primary fermentation, I'm talking about putting the bud into the liquid sugar(whatever you use) FIRST, then using that cannabis honey/maple syrup to let the yeast breakdown the cannabinoids into smaller molecules that are attached to the alcohol.

The yeast aren't breaking down thc and other cannabinoids by themselves, they are converting the sugar into alcohol and the sugar has the cannabinoids attached to it being that they are so sticky.

The reason why I thought of this is because this is how you can make cannabis tea effective even though the tea doesn't contain fat or alcohol. The honey is so sticky that is attaches to the resin glands and then wherever the honey goes the resin goes and in this case it will be converted into alcohol along with the honey.

Anyway, just thought I would give a different spin on this but do what you want. Peace.

 

[Truthman]

Also, you don't have to use bud and a lot of honey/maple syrup. All you have to use is the kiff or hash instead to not have the chlorophyll taste and mix this with a small amount of the liquid sugar and then add that to the fermentation. The yeast will breakdown the honey first being that the sugars are easily available, then they will breakdown the grain that you use to get the sugars from them. Hence you will have cannabis beer.

Doing this will make sure there isn't a lot of alcohol being made as well as making sure the drinks are strong from the cannabis. Peace.

 

[vintner]

I've never heard of cannabis tea. It sounds interesting. I know that you make really good wine from tea. I think I would use hash if anything. Do you have plans to try this?

 

[Guest]

I've never heard of cannabis tea. It sounds interesting. I know that you make really good wine from tea. I think I would use hash if anything. Do you have plans to try this?

How do you turn tea into wine? The last I knew you need grapes to make wine.

 

[vintner]

How do you turn tea into wine? The last I knew you need grapes to make wine.

Well, you can ferment almost anything and turn it into wine. I know folks who make onion and cabage wines LOL. Technically wines made w/fruit and stuff like blackberries and dandilions are called "country wines", but they're wines non-the-less. To make tea wine you brew a very large batch of your favorite tea, and add as much sugar as needed to get the alcohol content you want. Just off the top of my head I'd say between 2.5 and 4 pounds per gallon. It's best to start off w/good quality tea, but you can make it w/just regular tea bags. Tea leaves are very high in tannins just like red grapes, so it can't be made too strong, and you have to let it age for quite a while, but it turns out quite nicely. It's nice on ice on those steamy summer eavs.

 

[Guest]

Well, you can ferment almost anything and turn it into wine. I know folks who make onion and cabage wines LOL. Technically wines made w/fruit and stuff like blackberries and dandilions are called "country wines", but they're wines non-the-less. To make tea wine you brew a very large batch of your favorite tea, and add as much sugar as needed to get the alcohol content you want. Just off the top of my head I'd say between 2.5 and 4 pounds per gallon. It's best to start off w/good quality tea, but you can make it w/just regular tea bags. Tea leaves are very high in tannins just like red grapes, so it can't be made too strong, and you have to let it age for quite a while, but it turns out quite nicely. It's nice on ice on those steamy summer eavs.

Ima try that out! I have some lime juice with alot of sugar in it, I was going to make lemonade with it but forgot about it, so its super concentrated lemonade base, been sitting for a month or so, last night i took a small sip and it was super tangy but good minus the gooey sugar, is it safe to drink and does it have any alcohol content?