Smoking hops

[stinkyattic]

Post #1, lol!

This isn't TOO surprising since hops is the closest family member to cannabis, they are both classified as the Cannabacae, and as you can see from the attached thumbnails they're virtually identical in how they show their sex parts.
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[mfqr]

Post #1, lol!

Oops, sorry . I didn't see all of that there when page 1 first loaded. I only saw the first sentence (I guess it didn't all load right away), so I didn't realize that anybody knew that. Sorry for adding redundancy to this thread.

[stinkyattic]

lol you must be an engineer.
When in doubt, add redundancy.
Just in case anything happens!

[erkins]

When I can't sleep I take pills called "Kalms" they relax me so I can get to sleep, I've just looked and the main ingredient is hops powder.

[spectrum balanced]

Harpoon Munich Dark is STILL my all time favorite beer.

The taste is a cross between the flavor of a nice IPA, and a REALLY good cigar, if you can imagine that.

I give cannabis' legal cousin a thumbs up.

KILLER fuckin post/thread. That sounds like an outstanding beer, and I SERIOUSLY want to smoke "a cross between the flavor of a nice IPA and a REALLY good cigar".

after getting my first grow set up, I began thinking how cool it would be to grow my own hops and brew my own beer. :thumbsup:

[JD1stTimer]

^^ twocamaros hops bred with lowryder... I don't buy it... I think his lowryder went hermie and he didn't notice. Let's see pics of the plant that grew.

[whitewolfofsc]

Also, WILD DAGGA or LIONS TAIL WEED is a good substitute. Tastes kinda nasty, but has a high very similar to cheap weed. You can grow your plants out in the open, and use them as an extender for your weed, in hash making, etc.

[rocktheganj]

where can you get hops?

[stinkyattic]

Brewing supply shops, and even the 'legal herb' vendors! They may be called 'cannabacea' if you buy them as 'legal herbs'.
Or you can look around if you have a local microbrewery/pub, most places around here anyway grow hops as an ornamental up the side of the building, and they are coming ripe at this time of year. They are pretty easy to grow, and hardy to at least zone 5, possibly even zone 4- I don't feel like looking it up, lol.

[wiserleo]

I've been going to the herb shop in town and picking out different things and coming home, looking them up online, then if I find out that its definitely not toxic and others have smoked it, I'll try it. During my search I've found; California Poppy, Damiana:thumbsup:, and Lemon Balm gave me a satisfying effect (which is huge for me because I've been an a.m.>p.m. smoker for over 10 years with a massive craving for bud).

I also found out about Lion's Tail flowers which seems to be touted as the closest to bud and hops always comes up in the search for alternatives.

When I got to the brewer's supply I was pleased to see that a really good friend of mine was working there and so I told him what I was trying to do. A little wierd at first, but he smokes more than I do and understood my plight with peaked intrest. I was thinking that Northern Brewer's Hops would be the best since thats the type of beer I prefer, but he turned me on to the strongest hops they had called "Magnum Hops". They smell potent as hell. I also got some "Cascade Hops" for variety since the "Northern" was in pellet form. The following results are from the "Magnum Hops" smoked in a glass pipe with a medium size bowl.

As I write, I've just returned from the brewer's supply and wish to give my report. So here we go...........

1st hit: a bit harsh, but certainly has qualities of high-grade bud.
2nd hit: easier than the first, less of a green taste, obviously.
3rd: had very little harshness and was actually sweeter...probably due to the resin

At this point I sat back and talked to my girlfriend and felt a slight head change, similar to bud and pleasing.

The Last Hit: Obviously the resin hit, expanding in the chest and more of a head shot than the other hits.

Overall, it is very similar to weak (schwag) bud. I think that I will mix the Damiana Leaf with the hops next time. It seems to have more of an effect and the hops have the green taste....so the combination should be quite pleasing. I hope that this has been entertaining if nothing else and hope everyone has fun with their experiments and keeping us all posted. Thanks a lot, fellow heads!