Modern Gruit Ale
RECIPE DETAILS

  • Final volume: 5½ gallons / 21L
  • Original gravity:1.050 (12.33°P)
  • Final gravity:1.008 (2.06°P)
  • Potential alcohol: 6.15% abv

INGREDIENTS

Malts/Sugars

  • 3 lbs. Dark caramel dry malt extract
  • 0.5 lb. Light brown sugar
  • 0.5 lb. Dark brown sugar
  • 0.5 lb. Homemade invert candy sugar (medium color)
  • 1 lb. Honey

Yeast

  • Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen

Herbs

  • No hops, of course, but here are the herb additions in a 75 minute boil:
  • 1 oz. Dried Mugwort at 60 minutes
  • 1 oz. Dried Yarrow at 60 minutes
  • 2 g. Dried Bog myrtle at 10 minutes
  • 0.2 oz. Dried Marsh rosemary at 10 minutes

Extra

  • Added 4.5ml 'Richie' heading agent at bottling. This was used to counteract the possible head killing oils from the herbs. Bottle conditioned with 5oz. corn sugar for priming.