Columbus = Cousin?

[dub metal fever]

So back to the hops, the consensus is Columbus, and possibly Centennial and Crystal dry hop blend?

Any other combo's/ dry hopping regimes that people have heard of/ had success with getting that 'dank'ness?

Back to the cousin - even considering the cost, I think it would be worth the while. Granted it might take your material cost from the $30ish range to the $230ish range, but figure you'll get 48 beers... and I've heard when done right, one will cover your 'fucked-upness' juuust fine. Even if you want to go for two every once in a while, 30-40 sessions from a batch, seems pretty legit in my mind.

I am a rookie but I've heard Columbus and Cascade dry hopped is what gives that scent. I am doing some of that right now, so will know in a few weeks how well that works. A friend of mine made a tincture of the cousin in grain alcohol and added it in the secondary. It took about 9 to 12 months for it to be drinkable, basically for the overwhelming alcohol flavor to mellow out. When it did finish, a 16 oz bottle would be more than enough.

If adding like a dry hop, I would definitely boil it for ten or fifteen minutes, or very close to a boil - you never know what you could be introducing to your fermenter if you don't; and use a nylon bag, boiled as well.

[TapItGood]

The best way to do it is to soak it in Vodka or Tequilla in the freezer for a few weeks to a month and then add it to the finished beer at bottling or kegging.

[brewinhard]

A buddy and I made a batch of "high" brew in college that we dry-hopped with nice crystalized clippings of the cuz. If I remember correctly we added 4 oz or so after the beer fermented and let is sit for about 2 wks. Not much of an aroma effect, but the stout we brewed was interesting. While you were drinking the beer you felt buzzed from both the alcohol and the "what not". But as soon as we stopped drinking, both effects seemed to diminish quite quickly....Weird...

And yes, THC is alcohol soluble.

[Evan B]

So back to the hops, the consensus is Columbus, and possibly Centennial and Crystal dry hop blend?

Any other combo's/ dry hopping regimes that people have heard of/ had success with getting that 'dank'ness?

Back to the cousin - even considering the cost, I think it would be worth the while. Granted it might take your material cost from the $30ish range to the $230ish range, but figure you'll get 48 beers... and I've heard when done right, one will cover your 'fucked-upness' juuust fine. Even if you want to go for two every once in a while, 30-40 sessions from a batch, seems pretty legit in my mind.

I think if someone wanted to really try it and not run up the costs, find a bunch of shake from someone who's a frequent user. I have friends who have piles of stems and shake sitting there. I'm not really interested in putting such things in my beer, but it seems that it'd be a lot more cost effective to use the goods that are left in the unsmoked leftovers

[brewinhard]

Unfortunately, pound for pound you really won't get too much out of the stems and crappy shake.