Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
This is how I made a really tasty wild nettles beer with foraged stinging nettles and a wild culture. It was pretty simple, and came out like a nice IPA!
I have a mustard-lover in my house. He eats mustard with everything. So I like to make my own, in volume, a quart at a time. It’s so easy, not to mention inexpensive, that there’s really no sense in buying it.
There are traditions of making fruit beers all over the world. Raspberries, cherries, peaches, pumpkins, blueberries- just about every fruit has made it’s way into a wirt kettle at some point. However, I have never seen a cantaloupe beer....
