[permaculture] hops and beer

woodsjay at cox.net woodsjay at cox.net
Tue Apr 15 15:39:32 EDT 2008


I have references that creeping charlie was used in England before hops were. If anyone tries it, I would be interested in how it turns out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_Charlie

Glechoma was also widely used by the Saxons in brewing beer as flavoring, clarification, and preservative, before the introduction of hops for these purposes; thus the brewing-related names, Alehoof, Tunhoof, and Gill-over-the-ground.

---- Brooks Miller <brooks.devin at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> for a local and abundant bittering herb, try dandelion - root or leaf, it
> tastes great in beer.
> 
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> brooks
> central pa
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