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Not my own recipe, borrowed from a well known book!

Makes 4.5 Litres

1kg of Nettle Tops (approximately 1 carrier bag)
50g Cream of Tartar
1 tsp dried Carragheen
450g sugar
Juice of 2 lemons
11g ale yeast

Bring 5 litres of water to the boil, add the nettle tops, tartar & carragheen. Boil for 15 mins, keep stirring. Sieve into FV & add sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Add lemon juice and yeast, cover and leave to ferment for 3 days. Siphon into bottles and allow to condition for a week.

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That's brought back memories, getting stung to bit's as a kid! Worth it though. Might have to give that one a try. Thanks for that.

Gotta go might be coming up to boil...
 
That's brought back memories, getting stung to bit's as a kid! Worth it though. Might have to give that one a try. Thanks for that.

Gotta go might be coming up to boil...

Get a good pair of rubber gloves! Waiting on it cooling down so I pitch the yeast and find out what the OG is :whistle:
 
Grab them quick and they don't have time to sting. That's what I was told anyway, didn't seem to work all the time though.
 
Never had a nettle beer before. Can you describe how it tastes at all, I can't imagine!

Must try this at some point however...
 
I agree, can you describe what it tastes like?
I cant imagine it will be malty etc
 

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