Gruit Ale.....14th Century Recipe!

[WalesAles]

Hello Boys and Girls!
Timbo this is for You! Easily Led, Bloody Hell Mun! What am I like!
Gruit Ale 20Lts
1 Wilko Best Bitter (2 can Kit) £5 in Wilkos
1Kg Med Spraymalt
400Gr Dem Sugar
260Gr Crystal Malt steeped in 3Lt water overnight
25Gr Yarrow, 25Gr Bog Myrtle, 30Gr Rosemary, all boiled in 3Lts Beer for 30 mins
Kit Yeast and Safale US 05 Yeast in @ 22Deg (rehydrated Yeast) (had to say that before Monkey comes on here)!
Dry Hop 25Gr of all 3 Herbs from day 1. (Biggest Dry Hop bag I have ever seen, Like a Bloody Rugby Ball)!
SG @ 22deg 1068
This should come out at 7.9% Approx. The recipe says 8%, so I`m not far off the mark!
Sample jar tasted Bloody Lovely Mun! And weird!
WA

[Ditch]

" Weird "? It's got f**king Yarrow in it! You ever Tasted Yarrow?!

Jesus H. Christ, Wales. Where do ye get this sh!t from?

Ye gonna do that filth with the dead chicken dumped in it? Go on ....!

[Monkeybrew]

Hadn't realised that Wilko has been going that long

Cheers

MB

[Hopping_Mad]

Jesus WA, 5 pints of that and you'll be like the guy in Monkeybrew's avatar piccy!!!

Still, on the plus side, I don't suppose you ever be short of an emetic in an emergency!!!

[WalesAles]

It`s on here, It`s only Beer!
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WA

[twentyfootwilf]

Bog myrtle? What the hell is that and where on Earth would you get it from?
Sounds like you're asking an infirm old Aunt if she wants to go to the toilet!

[WalesAles]

Bog myrtle?
Sounds like you're asking an infirm old Aunt if she wants to go to the toilet!

HeHeHeHe!
WA

[timbo41]

Bought to you by the ELC.....where brewing legends are made ..and unafraid!!!

Good luck mun!! Nutter

[Hopping_Mad]

I couldn't get through a 500ml litre bottle Saltaire Brewery Bock recently - couldn't stand the stuff!

Gruitale just sounds like bock with weeds thrown in!!!

Bleuuuuuuurgh!!!!

I do admire your commitment to beer experimentation however WA!!!

[Rookie]

Gruitale just sounds like bock with weeds thrown in!!!

There are a LOT of different herbs and spices out there and you can use any combination or any single one. So you should be able to come up with something you'd like.

[WalesAles]

Hello Boys and Girls,
Gruit Ale got down to 1010. Bottled it today.
The smell is lovely, the taste is going to take some getting used to! It`s like a spicy cough medicine! Very Weird!
Drunk the sample jar in three mouthfuls, after the first one you think `Mmmm this is strange`, put it down, then you want more straightaway!
Half a pint left over in my jug, drunk that, went straight to my Head, feeling Tipsy! This is Strong stuff!
WA

[Ditch]

Ye gonna do that filth with the dead chicken dumped in it? Go on ....!

Go on, Wales! Dump ye cock in the bucket. Taste the result and tell us about That!

That'd make reading!

[timbo41]

Hanging tomorrow I betcha!

[WalesAles]

Ye gonna do that filth with the dead chicken dumped in it? Go on ....!

Go on, Wales! Dump ye cock in the bucket. Taste the result and tell us about That!

That'd make reading!

Dumped my Cock in the bucket and He did not like it at all! I`ve put Him back in with the chickens now!

Just had another small taster bottle of this stuff, and I must say that it is getting better. If that is possible!
The smell (sorry, Aroma) is great, MrsAles says horrible, taste it love, no, I`ll be sick!
I love this Brew, It is weird but at the same time it`s weird and nice!
`Armchair` will be getting a bottle soon and his tastebuds are better than mine, can`t wait for a real review of this Marmite Brew (love it or hate it)
WA

[Ditch]

God dammit! This thread's just So loaded with possibilities for infantile innuendo's ....! Sadly, I'm just so loaded with f**king stout that I feel I'm on that tipping point now ..... Oh Dear F**king God! For some reason, I just paused and spotted my finger nails! That's just f**king Disgusting!

Wales; FFS do that one where they chuck a cock bird in the FV. Beer must taste fowl!

You're, genuinely, the only person on this whole site I reckon could be f**ked up enough to try that! What else did ye do? Blackberries in stout?!

Come on, Wales; The pleading eyes of the site are turned toward you. Please don't let us down ..........

Do that chicken in the bucket beer!

Send me a bottle of it. I'll sit here, in mortal horror of its f**king presence in my room, for the rest of my days!

But, you, Wales, will adopt the mantle of F**king Legend, in my eyes!