tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20119470.post7602220414925268387..comments2023-08-20T15:59:58.293+05:00Comments on Dope City Free Press: Martinis for Mom and Her ManMr. Beer N. Hockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20119470.post-31754063535348599522007-01-02T07:49:00.000+05:002007-01-02T07:49:00.000+05:00Yarrow grows all over the place here. My first bri...Yarrow grows all over the place here. My first brief searches for rosemary growing hereabouts suggest it may not, but I should be able to get some fresh stuff sent over from the east coast when it is in season. I will have to check the specialty shops around here to see if they stock it. You never know what you will find when you start looking in Dope City.<br /><br />A recipe is all I need to get started on any project. I would sure appreciate if you can share a gruit recipe. And I'm real partial to rosemary and trying new things.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20119470.post-11010273314876478472007-01-01T09:06:00.000+05:002007-01-01T09:06:00.000+05:00Happy New Year to you and Sonja, Beer!
Some of my...Happy New Year to you and Sonja, Beer!<br /><br />Some of my favorite herbs for beer are: yarrow, which grows in my garden; wild rosemary, the cultivated kind will do if you can't find it in the wild; and bog myrtle, a waxy-leaved native of lowland swamps here in the South, related to the Crepe Myrtle. Technically this is a "gruit" not a "beer". It is a much older recipe.<br /><br />This is the basis for the beloved summer drink I call WALSTIB (the accromyn of "What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been"). It has a light "woodsy" taste that really satifies a summer thirst and the buzz it produces is a comfortable, mellow high that doesn't zap your energy on a hot day. No headache, no hangover.<br /><br />If you'd like the recipe, let me know.<br /><br />Best wishes for the new year, my friend.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919731055008825606noreply@blogger.com