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Thanks for the replies everyone. I must find a bottle of Fraoch to test out. I think it'll be a while before I'm at the stage of brewing gruit though! I decided against calling myself sweet gale since well I'm from the country so I'll be true to my bog roots!

Microgirl it's true, real women drink real ale! Good to see you on here as well. I'm like yourself I'll try any beer once and many more times if it's nice...

Bog Myrtle

Welcome to the site Bog_Myrtle.

Brewing with herbs sounds interesting. I have considered it a few times, but I always have at least three beer recipes I want to brew next, and that's just using hops, and maybe some spices and orange peel.

I plan on using some elderflower in an ale soon, but that's as close as I'll be getting any time soon.

Any recipe you want to discuss, or question you want to ask, just throw it out there. That's why we're here.

Welcome Bog_Myrtle,

I would recommend maybe to start with a base beer to get your brewing technique down and be a little careful with spice/ herb additions as some of them are very powerful.

Here are some gruit[/url:3rj3zuj9] recipes, the first nine i think

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Welcome to the group Bog-_Myrtle! Love the name, it's very clever <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> It's great to see more ladys involved in beer and brewing. Looking forward to reading up on the herb brews. Keep us all posted!

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Thanks everyone those receipes look good. This board is definitely giving me the incentive to get brewing again.
Yep oblivious the plan is to get the normal brewing down first and then start doing some different stuff. It's a long term plan <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->