Can anyone advise me please.
Having followed a recipe for dandelion leaf tonic beer I began to look about me and wondered if there were any other delicious beers made from leaves - I am surrounded by nettles (this I have tried and enjoyed), endives - I think some people call this chicory (an experimental beer is fermenting now) ... but there are also borage, sow thistle, Jerusalem artichokes, hawthorn, gorse, broom, oak, walnut, to name just a few ... and of course a variety of herbs - sage, thyme, rosemary, marjoram.
I have looked for leaf beer online but have found none. I am not interested in melomels or wines - it's the bitterness like beer taste I am looking for.
So if any of you know any simple recipes then I will be glad to read it. I am only interested in the more rustic, straightforward recipes - leaf, sugar, water, yeast.
Please be aware that I live in central France so I will not be interested in any leaves that only grow at or near the equator.
Having followed a recipe for dandelion leaf tonic beer I began to look about me and wondered if there were any other delicious beers made from leaves - I am surrounded by nettles (this I have tried and enjoyed), endives - I think some people call this chicory (an experimental beer is fermenting now) ... but there are also borage, sow thistle, Jerusalem artichokes, hawthorn, gorse, broom, oak, walnut, to name just a few ... and of course a variety of herbs - sage, thyme, rosemary, marjoram.
I have looked for leaf beer online but have found none. I am not interested in melomels or wines - it's the bitterness like beer taste I am looking for.
So if any of you know any simple recipes then I will be glad to read it. I am only interested in the more rustic, straightforward recipes - leaf, sugar, water, yeast.
Please be aware that I live in central France so I will not be interested in any leaves that only grow at or near the equator.
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