Ground Ivy Gruit Porter
Ground Ivy, AKA alehoof or gill-over-the-ground, is an historically important brewing herb that I’d never fully appreciated until encountering it in its native land.
experimental beers with a botanical twist
ground ivy
Glechoma hederacea, A.K.A. gill-over-the-ground, or—especially in old brewing recipes—alehoof. The strain that’s naturalized in my part of the U.S. isn’t very potent, but in the U.K. it’s very flavorful in a fresh-mown-meadow kind of way.
Ground Ivy Gruit Ale
I’ve never found ground ivy to be anywhere near as bitter as the books say, but it could be the wild stuff I use tastes different from British or cultivated varieties.
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