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We’ve adapted this recipe from Keith Villa’s book, Brewing with Cannabis. This recipe is nonalcoholic, but it’s easy to imagine variations that keep the alcohol and/or leave out the weed. “This recipe gives a full-bodied porter with roasted peanut notes,” Villa writes. “The final THC content will be about 18 mg per 12-ounce bottle, which is a hefty dose and can lead to cross-fading if the alcohol is left in the beer. However, without alcohol, the THC will provide a buzz similar to drinking a couple of pints of alcoholic imperial porter.”
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.055
FG: 1.016
IBU: 24
ABV: <0.5% (5.1% before alcohol removal)