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For one of my winter / Christmas beers I'm making a pine IPA which will be an American hazy pale ale with piney hops and also pine needle late addition in the boil. When I dry hop I will also be adding a pine tea.
I'm hoping to get some piney resin flavour from the hops but I want it to taste a bit like a Christmas tree so hoping to get that from the pine needles.
(Pine needle tea is supposedly quite a healthy brew - with antioxidants and a lot of Vitamin C / ascorbic acid. I believe it's only yew trees with flat needles and red berries that are to be avoided as they're toxic but fairly easy to differentiate)
I have not found much info on quantities or what is the best way to extract the flavours, i.e. boiling or cold soaking or alcohol extraction, is it worth chopping the needles up, so any info from someone who's tried it before, or failed experiments, would be appreciated
I'm hoping to get some piney resin flavour from the hops but I want it to taste a bit like a Christmas tree so hoping to get that from the pine needles.
(Pine needle tea is supposedly quite a healthy brew - with antioxidants and a lot of Vitamin C / ascorbic acid. I believe it's only yew trees with flat needles and red berries that are to be avoided as they're toxic but fairly easy to differentiate)
I have not found much info on quantities or what is the best way to extract the flavours, i.e. boiling or cold soaking or alcohol extraction, is it worth chopping the needles up, so any info from someone who's tried it before, or failed experiments, would be appreciated