🌱 Herbs

Flowers, leaves, and soft plant materials used for flavor, bitterness, and aroma in fermentation.

🌿 What defines an herb

• Soft plant parts: flowers, leaves, stems

• Often used fresh or dried

• Main role: flavor, aroma, or bitterness

⚠️ Brewing characteristics

• Extracts quickly

• Easy to overdo bitterness or vegetal notes

• Best added as tea or controlled infusion

📚 Plant Entries

🌼 Dandelion
Floral with slight bitterness — needs balance
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🌿 Yarrow (coming soon)
Bitter, herbal, complex — traditional gruit plant
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🌿 Mugwort (coming soon)
Strong, earthy, slightly bitter — use carefully
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🌿 Nettle (coming soon)
Green, mild, slightly earthy — supportive base herb
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🧪 Brewing Use Overview

• Adds floral notes, bitterness, or herbal complexity

• Works well with citrus, honey, and light fruit

• Often used in teas before adding to must

🎥 Used in Experiments

• Dandelion Mead

• Forest Gruit Mead (planned)