On Friday I brewed up some tree beer using Leyland Cypress boughs in the strike and sparge water as well as in the mash vessel. OG was ~1.050 and I split the boil to brew up a saison and a pale ale with galaxy and sultana (denali) hops. The saison is fermenting with a wild yeast culture I captured from my neighbor’s raw honey and the pale ale has Framgarden kveik. They’re both fermenting at 87°F/30.5°C
The Leyland Cypress gives the beer a pleasant evergreen/christmas tree flavor that’s a bit citrusy and not too overwhelming. I’ve brewed with this tree a number of times and thoroughly researched it so I’m fully confident that it is not toxic. I don’t measure the amount of tree I put in the beer, basically just put branches into the kettle until it’s annoying to try to add another one.
Well, no. We can say we don’t know. The toxicity profile on various sites say we don’t know. Most likley because no one thought to do it. https://hmdb.ca/metabolites/HMDB0253626
You are inferring its safe. Not the same thing as being safe. That’s your business. Enjoy your cattle morning after pill beer. Just don’t tell people it’s safe and “I did the research”.
Well since people have been eating it for millennia in juniper, and juniper is GRAS, I’m going to conclude that it’s not a concern, you can conclude otherwise if you want. I won’t ask you to drink the beer.
Did you know that hops are toxic to dogs? are you sure you still want to put them into your beer?
Reasonable points.
You should call it “Cows walk of shame” or “Moo’s Morning After” possibly “You can Defetus”.
LOL, those all sound extremely unappetizing
Fetus Punter Porter?