by duncs » Wed Aug 12, 2015 14:26
Yes, I made a gruit beer a few years ago. I did a lot of research on what was used to flavour beer before hops, and it seems everyone had a different recipe. The most common ingredient was yarrow, used for its bitterness. Heather was another common ingredient, but from my research that was more often used further north than I am so I didn't use it in mine.
I "hopped" mine with yarrow, mugwort and horehound. Here's my recipe for a 1 gallon batch
1.000Kg Pale Malt
0.050Kg Crystal 60
1.5 grams Yarrow
1.5 grams Mugwort
1.5 grams Horehound
Yarrow and Mugwort in for a 60 minute boil
Horehound for 15 minute boil
It tasted like a sour beer, quite nice but an acquired taste, it has to be drunk young as it doesn't age well.
Ego bibo ergo sum
-

- duncs
- Brewer
-
- Posts: 174
- Joined: Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:11
- Location: Essex (but only just)