Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale

Learn more about the Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale style of beer.

A historical style brewed in the same way beer was most likely made during the Middle Ages in Continental Europe, Gruit is bittered with herbs and spices rather than hops, most often sweet gale (Myrica gale), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), and wild rosemary (Ledum palustre). Other herbs, spices, and berries might be used to create interesting and pleasant aromas and flavors of green and herbal teas. Other ancient ales were made with ingredients like heather, seaweed, pine, spruce, etc.

ABV: 4.0-6.0% | IBU: 0-0
Glassware: Tulip

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Pictish Ale
Triumph Brewing Company
6.0063.906-15-2015
Schlafly Collaboration Gruit Ale
Country Boy Brewing
5.0063.4206-14-2015
Grand Master OG
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
8.0063.9505-19-2016
Gruit
Proper Brewing Co
8.0063.9904-05-2024
Mahonia
Propolis Brewing
7.5063.911-08-2023
Witchbinder
The Brewers Collective
7.8064.0105-13-2023
Barrel-Aged Blackberry And Lavender
Scratch Brewing Company
5.5064.201-12-2020
La Vierge
Le Saint-Bock
6.5053.8407-05-2011
Green Purl
Sonoma Springs Brewing Co.
7.0053.8902-13-2015
Antionette
Earth Eagle Brewings
5.0053.8810-16-2014
Albert II
Earth Eagle Brewings
4.5053.7207-26-2015
Wood Booger
Earth Eagle Brewings
5.2053.7605-07-2015
Beltane
Earth Eagle Brewings
6.5053.8706-06-2016
Gruit Vibrations Dark
Freigeist Bierkultur
6.2053.9302-10-2018
Big In Sheboygan
Icarus Brewing Company
6.9054.0612-27-2019
Decorah Nordic Gruit
PIVO Brewery
5.8053.8608-23-2025
Varonna - Gin Barrel-Aged
Fox Farm Brewery
6.5054.2305-30-2026
Cellar Series: Virvatuli
Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room
13.0054.4207-11-2024
Honey Heather
East End Brewing Company
4.5043.4202-01-2014
Chinese Rock
Earth Eagle Brewings
9.5044.610-31-2013
Lemon Ed Alesner
Earth Eagle Brewings
4.9043.6902-15-2016
Birthday Boy
Earth Eagle Brewings
7.4043.6607-31-2016
Vinni Ferale
Earth Eagle Brewings
5.7043.7811-08-2015
Marks & Spencer Spruce IPA
Adnams plc, Sole Bay Brewery
6.5043.7604-25-2015
Erebos
Earth Eagle Brewings
7.6043.7304-03-2017
Gruut Ale
De Struise Brouwers
6.0043.2509-04-2016
Houlton's Pale
Earth Eagle Brewings
4.8043.8306-08-2016
Litha Gruit
LyonSmith Brewing Company
6.1043.9409-06-2025
Apothecary
Strange Land Brewery
6.2043.6308-11-2025
Vossaøl
Voss Bryggeri
8.0044.0510-08-2017
Nestor's Cup
Avery Brewing Company
4.9043.9111-19-2016
The Root Of Our Addiction
Burial Beer Co.
5.0043.8807-29-2018
Solstice Ale
Zero Gravity Craft Brewery
6.5043.5510-03-2019
Father Mesgan Bog Myrtle Ale
Weston Brewing Company & O'Malley's Pub
6.5043.7706-15-2018
Tikkatee Gruit
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
6.0043.7201-03-2020
Cervesia
Brasserie Dupont sprl
8.0044.3604-20-2024
Retour Aux Racines
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
5.0033.7209-19-2013
La Sancerroise Au Gruyt
Brasserie Sancerroise
7.6033.6103-28-2016
Highland Heather Ale
Swashbuckler Brewing Company
7.5032.1201-24-2014
Kick It Down Gruit
River City Brewing Co.
4.0034.0904-11-2015
Bogmare
Earth Eagle Brewings
6.0033.7702-08-2015
Namastale Juniper And Rosemary Gruit
Church-Key Brewing Company
6.5034.0409-03-2017
Monkey Weed
Earth Eagle Brewings
3.7034.1907-03-2018
Loot
The Brewers Collective
7.0033.7707-06-2024
Branches
Solarc Brewing
7.0033.3807-12-2016
Can't Hop Won't Hop
Transient Artisan Ales
3.0033.9304-24-2017
Mollys Gruit
Von Seitz Theoretic Ales
4.2033.5106-21-2019
Bière De Gazebo - Gruit Sûre
L'Espace Public-Brasseurs de quartier
5.0033.4508-11-2017
Pors & Tvärs
Närke Kulturbryggeri AB
6.0033.8609-03-2021
King of Scots
Earth Eagle Brewings
5.5033.8404-26-2020
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