does anyone know of a recipe for ginger beer including nettles?

Answer 1

How to make nettle beer:
A traditional beer that is well worth trying. Use only young nettles and use thick gardening gloves when picking them to avoid stings! Remember to shake off any bugs etc. before using the leaves.


Ingredients

2lb young nettle tops, washed thoroughly
1 gallon of water
1 cup of sugar
small piece of toast
enough fresh yeast to spread on the toast
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
(see measure conversions for more information)





Method

- Boil the nettle tops in the water for half an hour.
- Strain and add sugar, stirring to dissolve.
- Also stir in the ginger. Pour mixture into a sterile container.
- Spread the yeast onto the toast and float on the surface of the nettle liquid.
- Cover and leave for 3 days.
- Strain again and put into clean, strong screw top beer bottles.
- This can be drunk after 48 hours.

Answer 2

10 pint sauce pan half filled with nettles and dandelions in equal proportions.

2 sticks of rhubarb

4 sticks of ginger you have pounded

Fill the pot up with cold filtered water. Boil together with a handful of currant leaves. Strain and add

1 pound of sugar - stir add 8 pints of coolish water mix until lukewarm mix 1 ounce of yeast in a cup of the mixture and then stir into the rest. Cover and leave overnight on the counter.

Next day skim off the top and bottle the liquid be sure to keep the corks loose in the beginning.

Use well cleaned bottles and new corks

Answer 3

brew your beer in the normal way but before you seal the container for fermentation add fresh nettles and a knot of fresh ginger. When the fermetation is complete then you will have a true beer with the unmistakable flavours of ginger and nettles.

Answer 4

No,but in the past I have made both,nettle and ginger beer, I can't remember the recipes,look on the 'net, I'm sure you'll find lots of variations!,best of luck.

Answer 5

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/nettlebeer.htm