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Nettle beer recipe
Hi All,
I present my nettle beer recipe...
Ingredients
5 gallons of water
3 bags of nettle tips
2 lemons, juiced
2 oranges, juiced
3kg sugar
100g cream of tartar
Yeast (Girvan 5 is good, but if I haven't any I just use bread yeast, beer yeast or even my rye leaven!)
Large dandelion root, chopped (optional)
Large ginger root, chopped (optional)
Don't use both the dandelion and the ginger, use either or none!
Method
Boil the water - either in batches or get a brewing boiler (a 6-gallon one is good for doing 5 gallons as you get less splashing).
Put the nettle tips in a large tub (at least 6 gallons), and pour the boiling water over them. Leave to infuse until cooled to around 35-36C (usually takes a couple of hours).
Strain back into your boiler (or a multitude of pots!). Add the lemon and orange juice, the sugar and the cream of tartar. Heat gently and stir until the sugar has dissolved - do not boil - and then transfer into a brewing vat.
Leave to cool to about 20C (overnight is usually best), then pitch the yeast. If using leaven, I spread it on a piece of toast and then float the toast on the liquid.
Cover the vat loosely with muslin and leave to stand in a warm place for about three days. (Or use a brewing heater set to 20C.)
Carefully skim any scum off the surface, then rack the beer into beer bottles, taking care not to disturb the sediment. Leave to condition for a week or so, then serve cold.
Stonehead
PS I'll post my nettle wine recipe shortly and, if people are interested, some of my other recipes. They include barley wine, treacle ale, stout, potato wine, rhubarb wine, ginger beer and lots of other lovely stuff.
Hic!!!
Thank you for the recipe,
Now I just need to persuade my DH LOL I would love to see more recipes for beer, and wine, this is an area I want to expand into this year. Years ago, a friend's father gave me some lovely blackberry wine, does anyone have a recipe for this?
Thanks!!
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