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
bog myrtle
Myrica gale. Also known as sweet gale. A preservative as well as a flavoring and bittering agent. Of ancient and widespread use. It’s one of the herbs most frequently mentioned in descriptions of Medieval gruit blends.
Use fresh or very recently dried; quality appears to diminish rapidly.
New “ancient ale” from Dogfish Head revives hybrid Scandinavian grog
Fascinating to see yarrow already in use as a brewing herb 3500 years ago. Here, it’s in combination with several bog plants: sweet gale, meadowsweet, cranberries and lingonberries.
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