I’m particularly fond of heather ales and spruce beers. The only sahti (which has juniper) I’ve had was made by me, so I have no idea if I got it traditionally right, but I certainly enjoyed it. No disrespect to all you IPA lovers out there, but the hops-forward style isn’t my thing, so for those of you that are in the same camp, where do you like to turn?

  • plactagonicMEnglish
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    23 days ago

    I never tried them, but I was warned that it is harder to estimate the bitterness. I know my dad used wormwood, there is gruit…

    • Skua@kbin.earthOP
      3·
      22 days ago

      Gruit is a sort of catch-all category, as I understood it. I suppose I should have used it in my question!

      Wormwood is one I have never considered. I’ve tried absinthe a few times and never been particularly keen on the flavour, but the context of being a small component of something rather than the dominant ingredient can change that. How did your dad’s beer turn out?

      • plactagonicMEnglish
        3·
        22 days ago

        Gruit is mix of herbs used before hops. Each maker had slightly different recipe, so yeah it is little bit catch it all category.

        Do you had real absinthe with dripping waterp? The fake stuff with burning sugar cube is disgusting.

        It was long time ago he tried it but what I heard it was so bitter that only one of his friends liked it other people couldn’t even swallow it.

        • Skua@kbin.earthOP
          3·
          22 days ago

          I don’t think I’ve ever had it with any sort of sugar, or with water for that matter. My experiences with it have been when friends show up with a bottle of it

          • plactagonicMEnglish
            2·
            22 days ago

            I can’t sleep so I was looking for photos of how to serve it right but then I remembered about this video. I highly recommend finding place like this and try it.