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Macgyver

Macgyver

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The results speak for themselves don't they? Why do the leaves point towards the sun remarkably more than if they don't receive a spray? Sure you lose some bubbles when it is sprayed and sure you lose bubbles when you move it from one container to another or even open the bottle but any co2 is better than no co2.
If all else fails get a co2 tank from your local gas shop but beware suss store people. Tell them you use it to gas rats to feed to your snakes, that's what i really use it for. It should make for an interesting story anyway. lol

cheers
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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Macgyver said:
The results speak for themselves don't they? Why do the leaves point towards the sun remarkably more than if they don't receive a spray? Sure you lose some bubbles when it is sprayed and sure you lose bubbles when you move it from one container to another or even open the bottle but any co2 is better than no co2.
If all else fails get a co2 tank from your local gas shop but beware suss store people. Tell them you use it to gas rats to feed to your snakes, that's what i really use it for. It should make for an interesting story anyway. lol

cheers
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I'm not saying that you're not being truthful, but I like to see something more than anecdotal evidence. For instance, take two identical plants grown under identical conditions, etcetera, and then demonstrate between the two, one receiving the CO2 and one not.

As for the CO2 canisters, we're home-brewers and we keg our beer. No explanation necessary. :D
 
metagrower

metagrower

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Seamaiden said:
I'm not saying that you're not being truthful, but I like to see something more than anecdotal evidence. For instance, take two identical plants grown under identical conditions, etcetera, and then demonstrate between the two, one receiving the CO2 and one not.

As for the CO2 canisters, we're home-brewers and we keg our beer. No explanation necessary. :D
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Home Brewer, eh? Ever made CannaBeer? If not, then please consider this, if it's possible, as I am wildly interested in its effects and taste. :)

omg. weed needs to be legal now. OMG THE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES!!!!

They think the drug trade makes money now? Shiiiit. We'd all be rolling in dough and not evading taxes either! Just imagine a society where the laws actually reflect the ethics of the people! We'd have a truly awesome government!

...man... Our forefathers sought this land as sanctuary from unreasonable persecution and oppression. Now our government seeks to oppress an herb that I am in love with. Alcohol Prohibition didn't work, and Cannabis Prohibition isn't either. Where's the love?

...man, I must be stoned. I'm getting all riled up on politics. hahaha


ScrOG Kitty?
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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Nope, no Canna Beer, but I do have a friend who loves her hemp beer. I don't know where she gets it, though. Nope, Dave makes a damn fine heffeweizen, and my favorite is the peach heffe. Which is saying a LOT, because I really don't care for beer. The peach heffe is positively quaffable. 8)
 
metagrower

metagrower

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Seamaiden said:
Nope, no Canna Beer, but I do have a friend who loves her hemp beer. I don't know where she gets it, though. Nope, Dave makes a damn fine heffeweizen, and my favorite is the peach heffe. Which is saying a LOT, because I really don't care for beer. The peach heffe is positively quaffable. 8)
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Rock on. Heffeweizen is awesome. I wish I could try some of that peach heffeweizen. Do you guys bottle it at all or keg it only?
I also love a good mead... mmm... mead.

What is the space requirement on a decent home brewery? It seems like I had a friend that brewed beer in his wall locker when I was in the Corps.
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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Dave used to hold the carboys in a small space where the furnace and water heater were. It depends on how much you really want to brew, you can keep it to a 5gal. batch at a time and still have HELLA beer. A closet could suffice. He uses kits from Northern Brewers (or some such catalog), and he bottled ONCE. The time that I said, "Hey honey! How about adding some extra honey to the primary?" :lol: DAMN did that batch come out BOOZY.

He declared he shall never bottle again, although the effervescence from natural carbonation plays better on the tongue, hand-carbonating works just fine, too. So, now it's keg only. He bought a small refrigerator and tapped it to make a DIY kegerator, so that works out pretty well. Gets the CO2 from a local welding supply, I think.

I want him to try making a honey mead sometime, but it's been a couple of years since he's even brewed. :(
 
metagrower

metagrower

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Seamaiden said:
Dave used to hold the carboys in a small space where the furnace and water heater were. It depends on how much you really want to brew, you can keep it to a 5gal. batch at a time and still have HELLA beer. A closet could suffice. He uses kits from Northern Brewers (or some such catalog), and he bottled ONCE. The time that I said, "Hey honey! How about adding some extra honey to the primary?" :lol: DAMN did that batch come out BOOZY.

He declared he shall never bottle again, although the effervescence from natural carbonation plays better on the tongue, hand-carbonating works just fine, too. So, now it's keg only. He bought a small refrigerator and tapped it to make a DIY kegerator, so that works out pretty well. Gets the CO2 from a local welding supply, I think.

I want him to try making a honey mead sometime, but it's been a couple of years since he's even brewed. :(
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Oh man, honey mead is so so awesome. So funny about the extra honey. That will raise your alcohol content considerably. Or at least it did for my suite-mate's brew! I think we were probably sitting on a 20 proof beer cause he wanted it to kick you in the ass. Gotta love Marines. ;)

Anyhow, so if one can brew in a 5 gal bucket, would it probably be a good idea to brew in my small grow room? Would the brew add CO2 to the air, do you think?

I definitely need to look more into this home brewing thing. I am very interested and not entirely familiar with the process.
...and I really want to make a Canna Beer or Cannabis Mead. ;) I wonder if the process would kill off the THC or if it would remain active, OR if the process might decarboxylate the THC acids into additional THC... :D
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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metagrower said:
Oh man, honey mead is so so awesome. So funny about the extra honey. That will raise your alcohol content considerably. Or at least it did for my suite-mate's brew! I think we were probably sitting on a 20 proof beer cause he wanted it to kick you in the ass. Gotta love Marines. ;)
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Yeah, little did I know. :lol:
Anyhow, so if one can brew in a 5 gal bucket, would it probably be a good idea to brew in my small grow room? Would the brew add CO2 to the air, do you think?
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Not a bucket, a 5gal water bottle. And I'm pretty sure it's got to be glass so it can be sterilized. That, and the higher temperatures of grow rooms, are two reasons why I would not suggest fermentation in a grow room. If your brew gets infected it's a MESS. This is one area where a person's anal retentive traits will reap great benefits.
I definitely need to look more into this home brewing thing. I am very interested and not entirely familiar with the process.
...and I really want to make a Canna Beer or Cannabis Mead. ;) I wonder if the process would kill off the THC or if it would remain active, OR if the process might decarboxylate the THC acids into additional THC... :D
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It's all about the yeasty-beasties and giving them the right sugars at the right times to do their yeasty-thang. I'm not sure that any (active) THC would be gleaned from Canna or Hemp beer, because everything thing that I read says that it's a fat-soluble compound. There are LOTS of carbohydrates in beer and mead, but little to no fats.
 
metagrower

metagrower

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Seamaiden said:
Yeah, little did I know. :lol:
Not a bucket, a 5gal water bottle. And I'm pretty sure it's got to be glass so it can be sterilized. That, and the higher temperatures of grow rooms, are two reasons why I would not suggest fermentation in a grow room. If your brew gets infected it's a MESS. This is one area where a person's anal retentive traits will reap great benefits.
It's all about the yeasty-beasties and giving them the right sugars at the right times to do their yeasty-thang. I'm not sure that any (active) THC would be gleaned from Canna or Hemp beer, because everything thing that I read says that it's a fat-soluble compound. There are LOTS of carbohydrates in beer and mead, but little to no fats.
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Well, fat-soluble also typically means alcohol-soluble. Or at least I know THC to be alcohol-soluble. I imagine I would probably have to go the "green dragon" approach and glean the THC and add afterwards, since there probably isn't enough alcohol in the beer or mead to glean much THC from the cannabis... This I am not sure of. But I know that without heating it takes weeks to make a THC tincture "green dragon" from high proof spirits.

Also, what is an optimal ambient temp to ferment the beer?
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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metagrower said:
Well, fat-soluble also typically means alcohol-soluble. Or at least I know THC to be alcohol-soluble. I imagine I would probably have to go the "green dragon" approach and glean the THC and add afterwards, since there probably isn't enough alcohol in the beer or mead to glean much THC from the cannabis... This I am not sure of. But I know that without heating it takes weeks to make a THC tincture "green dragon" from high proof spirits.

Also, what is an optimal ambient temp to ferment the beer?
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Ah, that TOTALLY depends on what you're brewing. If I recollect, for the heffe's Dave needed to keep it below 70F. Lagers require very low temps, in the mid-40s I think.
 
metagrower

metagrower

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Seamaiden said:
Ah, that TOTALLY depends on what you're brewing. If I recollect, for the heffe's Dave needed to keep it below 70F. Lagers require very low temps, in the mid-40s I think.
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Oh wow. I had no idea one might need to cool their brewing beer. I am definitely going to look more into this. Thanks so so much. You rock.

EDIT: You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Seamaiden again.
 
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