Yarrow Gruit Braggot Ale
Braggot is half beer, half mead. I brewed this way back on July 24, 2002, when honey was cheap and when my technique involved a LOT of herbs, usually including roasted dandelion root.
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Bosasa!
During this maize beer communion, in place of “happy Easter,” the Raramuri will say to one another “bosasa” – “fill up, be satisfied, be contented.”
“Such a harmlesse treasure”
John Gerard in his Herbal did not stint in portrayals of plants for which the only “vertues” were aesthetic.
Zulu brew
Even before I read the column, I found myself saying the words “Zulu Brew Route” out loud, over and over.
Stalking the wild homebrew
Chris O’Brien compares the “real ale” movement in England with homebrewing traditions in Ethiopia.
Devil’s plaything
All I know is that yarrow beer (actually, yarrow gruit braggot ale, if you want to get technical about it) makes a nice, crisp, aromatic summer drink. If it helps stave off baldness, piles and ague, so much the better.
