hist-brewing: Gruit Ingredients

[Dan McFeeley]

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999  "Richard" <Richard at WowMe.com> wrote:

>OK, did we ever come up with a DEFINITIVE source for the ingredients for 
>Gruit.  I'm speaking mainly about the Myricia Gale, Marsh Rosemary and 
>Yarrow.  I really want to start brewing this, but I have personally 
>written email to every herb place I can find on the web and have still 
>been unable to locate these ingredients in bulk.  I know a few people 
>claimed to have found a source for these, but they never posted that 
>source, so please help out and post the sources so I can get to brewing. 
> ;)  It would be so deeply appreciated!


Stephen Buhner writes about gruit in his book _Sacred and Herbal Healing 
Beers_.  He says that gruit was primarily a combination of Myricia Gale,
Marsh Rosemary and Yarrow, but with additional herbs added which were
kept secret by the gruit maker.  I've wondered about this -- can anyone
else verify that these three herbs were used for a base in gruit making
as commonly as Buhner says?

Buhner lists Trinity Herbs, P.O. Box 1001, Graton, CA 95444 (1-707-824-2040)
as a sources for most of the recipes in the book.  He says that he has
been unable to find a source for Marsh Rosemary.  He also lists Horizon
Herbs, P.O. Box 69, Williams OR 97544, 1-541-846-6704 as carrying a
variety of herb seeds.

Hope this is helpful!


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Dan McFeeley
mcfeeley at keynet.net


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