Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Nettle beer: it was only ever a matter of time!


One carrier bag of carefully (!) picked nettle shoots,
plus rhubarb, ginger and lemon


Boiled for about 15 mins (to break down the formic acid);
smelled, BEFORE: great, something akin to elderflower even;
AFTER: yuk!




Added a little ginger powder and cream of tartar, which
resulted in a lot of fizzing and seems to have helped the yeast get going





And the dregs will make a good addition to the compost,
since nettles, like comfrey, make a good plant feed

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