mama juana aging

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  1. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Has anyone done a homebrew with mama juana aging?
     
    #1 basickness, Sep 22, 2013
  2. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    No. Sounds like gut rot to me.
     
    #2 FATC1TY, Sep 22, 2013
  3. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    You ever had the mama by itself?
     
    #3 basickness, Sep 23, 2013
  4. afrokaze

    afrokaze Pooh-Bah (1,962) Jun 12, 2009 Oregon
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    A few professional brewers I've talked to said they've tried it and it didn't work at all really, THC isn't very soluble in low alcohol concentrations. They said best bet is to make a tincture and add it in secondary.
     
    #4 afrokaze, Sep 23, 2013
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  5. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    Seems like a sensible question coming from a BA member who joined the site on 4/20 :slight_smile:
     
    #5 koopa, Sep 23, 2013
  6. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Lol no no, not marijuana, mama juana
     
    #6 basickness, Sep 23, 2013
  7. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    The Dominican beverage?

    Wiki states...

    "Mama Juana is a mixture of bark and herbs left to soak in rum (most often dark rum but the use of white rum is not uncommon), red wine and honey"
     
    #7 koopa, Sep 23, 2013
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  8. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    #8 basickness, Sep 23, 2013
  9. skivtjerry

    skivtjerry Pooh-Bah (1,865) Mar 10, 2006 Vermont
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    I once had a dry herbed brown ale that was tasty and had the desired effect. However, that was over 20 years ago. The stuff available now is much more potent and has a lot more off flavors to contribute to a beer. Consuming some of this herb on its own between sips of Heady Topper or your home made hop monster could be quite nice though.
     
    #9 skivtjerry, Sep 23, 2013
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  10. skivtjerry

    skivtjerry Pooh-Bah (1,865) Mar 10, 2006 Vermont
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    #10 skivtjerry, Sep 23, 2013
  11. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Instead of using whiskey soaked chips, using these
     
    #11 basickness, Sep 23, 2013
  12. afrokaze

    afrokaze Pooh-Bah (1,962) Jun 12, 2009 Oregon
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    Wow, guess I should've googled that first. What a funny coincidence.
     
    #12 afrokaze, Sep 23, 2013
  13. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    DO IT!!
     
    #13 MrOH, Sep 23, 2013
  14. clearbrew

    clearbrew Initiate (0) Nov 3, 2009 Louisiana

    #14 clearbrew, Sep 23, 2013
  15. clearbrew

    clearbrew Initiate (0) Nov 3, 2009 Louisiana

    I have heard of beer recipes that use Port wine or Port barrels. Wikipedia says the Mama Juana has a Port wine taste, so you could probably start there.
     
    #15 clearbrew, Sep 23, 2013
  16. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    indeed. i brought the chips back ages ago, and make the full on drink - honey, red wine, and rum all mixed together on the chips. i've made it a few times on the same chips, now i figure, what better to do with them than make some beer with em. i was just wondering if its been done, and if so, which style of beer to go with?
     
    #16 basickness, Sep 23, 2013
  17. akbeerfiend

    akbeerfiend Initiate (0) May 14, 2009 Alaska

    Not beer but I have made a mead with the mamajuana herbs from the DR that came out great.
     
    #17 akbeerfiend, Sep 25, 2013
  18. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Do you have a recipe?
     
    #18 basickness, Sep 25, 2013
  19. barfdiggs

    barfdiggs Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2011 California


    The forum is beer only so the mods will lock the thread or delete it if mead recipes are posted.
     
    #19 barfdiggs, Sep 25, 2013
  20. basickness

    basickness Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Good look
     
    #20 basickness, Sep 26, 2013
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