Now the chemist implicated here is indeed working in a research lab at UCSC where he might be capable of turning opium into morphene, so if he has Asian poppy parts around then more than his mashed malt is in hot water. But if he’s been using California seeds to make his own Poppy Jasper, he needs to get a lawyer and sue for false imprisonment.

As for a poppy brew, I’d imagine the key is whether he actively extracted the alkaloids from the poppy. Reading the article it sounds like he’s telling the truth. I like the idea of cops digging through his compost pile for spent grains. As a co-op member he should know better and use that grain in a bread recipe.

Finally, his sanitation is appalling. Who has dirty homebrew equipment from over a month ago? Remind me not to drink any of Chad’s beer.

I’m off to buy a 6-pack of pressurized canisters of manufactured beer.

you can get a false positive result for opiates from eating poppys.

i accidently smoked opium recently after having one to many redtails.
screw that. that was not fun. thats the first and last time.