Brewing with Hemp: The Essential Guide

Description

Brewing with Hemp: The Essential Guide explores the Cannabis sativa plant from a brewer’s perspective, focusing on hemp which contains less than 0.3% THC. Author Ross Koenigs explores not only the theory but also the techniques for infusing hemp flavor and cannabinoids into beer.

Professional and homebrewers alike will find some reasons to experiment with hemp. This book will help brewers understand the science of cannabis and learn how to best use hemp to offer its unique aromas to beer. Learn to navigate the shifting legal landscape as hemp becomes more acceptable and accessible. Informed by the author’s experience of creating and selling beers nationally with hemp, you will explore how to showcase the possibilities that hemp brings to brewers and the modern world.

This forward-looking book weaves together familiar topics within the study of beer and brewing and applies them to the vast and fascinating world of hemp as an ingredient in beer.

About the author:

Ross Koenigs is a brewer and author who hails from one of the great beer cities of the world, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has spent his entire career in craft beer working in all facets of the business: brewing, packaging, sales, marketing, and distribution.

Ross served as the Brewing Innovations Manager for New Belgium Brewing Company where he focused on brewing research and development. During his time at New Belgium, he has been awarded numerous Great American Beer Festival® medals and thrice developed the industry’s #1 craft beer launch of the year. His work on the Voodoo Ranger portfolio helped turn New Belgium into the largest IPA brewer in the world. Ross also spearheaded the research and development of using hemp in beer when New Belgium introduced The Hemperor HPA.

Ross is currently the owner of Second Dawn Brewing Company in Aurora, Colorado. Ross is a sought-after speaker for conferences, beer festivals, and a wide variety of media outlets. When he is not writing or speaking about beer, you can often find him playing in the mountains in his adopted home of Colorado.