Tree Beer: Brewing with Wafer Ash

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  1. BeerAdvocate

    BeerAdvocate Admin (4,017) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Taking a cue from resourceful homebrewers in the past, Jester King Brewery tries replacing hops with the bitter fruit of the wafer ash tree.

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    #1 BeerAdvocate, Aug 16, 2017
  2. Stagester

    Stagester Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2013 Idaho

    Since hops are related to cannibis and stinging nettles how soon until we get those beers?
     
    #2 Stagester, Aug 17, 2017
  3. Keene

    Keene Initiate (0) Sep 11, 2009 Washington

    Not long! There are at least 19 beers made with nettles in our database.
     
    #3 Keene, Aug 17, 2017
  4. EvenMoreJesus

    EvenMoreJesus Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2017 Pennsylvania

    Super neat stuff, brewing with botanicals. Fella that I know in Tennessee does a lot with them at VonSeitz Theoreticales.
     
    #4 EvenMoreJesus, Aug 17, 2017
  5. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    #5 drtth, Aug 17, 2017
  6. vludwig

    vludwig Crusader (414) Jul 31, 2008 Massachusetts

    Actually, the German Reinheitsgebot, or purity law, of 1516 didn't mention yeast. They didn't know about yeast back then.
     
    #6 vludwig, Aug 18, 2017
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