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Make a hops tincture - PEP BB medicine.sand.hopstincture

BB natural medicine - sand badge
posted 3 years ago
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This is  a Badge Bit (BB) that is part of the PEP Curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB you will create a tincture out of hops.

Mountain Rose Herbs video on how to make a tincture:



To show you've completed this BB you must post pictures of the following:

- picture of the hops
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar.
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Hey, I get to be the first for this BB!!  To make this hops tincture, I used the dried hops foraged and dried in the BB at https://permies.com/wiki/152245/pep-natural-medicine/PEP-BB-medicine-sand-dryhops#1317474.
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Picture of the hops and vodka.
Picture of the hops and vodka.
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Add the vodka to the dried hops.
Add the vodka to the dried hops.
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The hops want to float.
The hops want to float.
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Starting the soak.
Starting the soak.
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After soaking a little over 2 months.
After soaking a little over 2 months.
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Open it up.
Open it up.
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Strain.
Strain.
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Return to the jar.
Return to the jar.
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Finished tincture in labelled jar.
Finished tincture in labelled jar.

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Hops tincture sat for 3 weeks
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harvesting
harvesting
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soaked hops in vodka
soaked hops in vodka
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the mashed hops
the mashed hops
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completed tincture
completed tincture

"The winter will ask what we did all summer" - Henry David Thoreau

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