Hello all:
I want to try to use amylase enzyme to try and convert the starches in buds into sugar by doing a mini mash. What will this achieve? I dunno. I want to do it anyway.
I also don’t want to spend $40 on a pound of the stuff for a silly experiment.
Are there any home brewers out there who might be able to break me off a small baggie of the stuff?
I got this idea in another thread and the more I think about it the more I want to do it.
Maybe the heat required for the mash will result in too much decarb? Again, I dunno.
A long shot but I thought I’d throw it out there and ask.
Cmon guys, science!
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Good luck mate and post updates! even if it fails it will still be the best idea that came from that “terpz” thread 
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There is a whole “new” market for distilled cannabis products. Though this is far from a new concept modern techniques have made this a very do-able process. There are wines and beers already on the market made from cannabis.
Do a search and I am sure you will find plenty of information to guide you……
Hey thanks but being Canadian makes it a challenge.
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if you can’t get it and i can, ship it to me and i’ll forward it to ya.
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Ok now we’re talking. Good hunting I could only find it by the pound 
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as long as it’s legal that is…
it should be.
nevermind, just saw that the other link had canadian dollars. let me know if you need a middleman though.
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Agreed but do they mash their hops? I’d be curious to know. As I remember hops are added during boiling.
Appreciate it but a Canadian source has appeared.
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This place has it too but it’s outa stock:
And it’s on Chesswood drive so this place is “close enough” to you. 
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i love this website. amazing what can happen when you just ask the right folks.
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I went on a rabbit hole a few years back for Potassium Bicarbonate which I use to make a “FUCK YOU PM” preventative spray.
Got it from a brewing supplier so as soon as I saw my growmie @Foreigner looking for something usually found from brewing suppliers I just hit up my bookmarks and 
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Gotta love that I had this info in my back pocket by accident… but then again **i am an information hoarder/sharer! 
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me too. i have bookmark backups from 2000. not to mention downloads of references from then as well. i have several hard drives with backups and need to finish my ‘de-dupe’ program. it would search the folders, hash and index everything, and give me a list of duplicate files so i could get rid of my 22 copies of everything i have.
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@sfzombie13 everything you just said made me extra tired. I’m now going to go make my second esspresso and be grateful I’m not a digital data technician! 
you’d think but it’s all automated. i’m lazy as hell. love my scripts. i love that just set it and forget it.
In many IPA’s a process is used called dry hopping. I mention IPA’s because it is what most brewers suggest when using cannabis.
Here is a site to check out that may help
You to understand the process better:
It’s certainly not the best on the subject but very basic and easy to understand!
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if an ipa was the only type of “beer” there was i’d gladly give it up forever. i hate that piss-tasting stuff.
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Nope im not a fan either ….
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Yeah dry hopping for sure.
I was more thinking of starch conversion. I’m talking like small scale, not for drinking, but maybe dry it out and try to smoke and see if it caramelizes. I dunno. Just random thoughts.
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