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"TheBeerNut":3kad72l0 wrote:

"eeelpoulpo":3kad72l0 wrote:

"TheBeerNut":3kad72l0 wrote: Also, does anyone know where I can get some wormwood?[/quote:3kad72l0]I though making absinthe at home would be illegal, no ?[/quote:3kad72l0]No-one said anything about making absinthe.[/quote:3kad72l0]Sorry, that's the only use of wormwood I'm aware of.

"Martyn Cornell":3k18qbhe wrote: Dr William Y-Worth (or Yworth) in his [i:3k18qbhe]Cerevisiarii Comes[/i:3k18qbhe] or [i:3k18qbhe]The New and True Art of Brewing[/i:3k18qbhe], published in London in 1692, also praised the plant, saying that hops did not have "one half the vertues", but warned that "one handful of Wormwood goes farther than three of other herbs".[/quote:3k18qbhe]

I quite like the sound of broom (cytisus scoparius) as well. He reckons this hallucinogenic herb caused "enhanced merriment" at low doses. Who wouldn't want to drink a beer offering "enhanced merriment" on the label?