Beer without hops!? Is it like STEEM without SBD? Not really, it is Gruit! Different, but tasty! Let’s see how @costopher did!
At first the name reminds me of Baby Groot! I can already feel the melody
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@costopher really outdid himself this time. I’ll quote him a bit so you get the idea. For the full experience of the making of this beer check out his account here and please upvote it!
https://steemit.com/beer/@costopher/the-gruit-experiments-beer-exchange-beer
What did he use instead of hops?
For the herbs and spices [@costopher] used rosemary, lemonbalm, pineapple mint, coriander seeds, orange zest and a little bag of indian spicy chai(this contains cinnamon, clove and ginger; and tea of course). [He] made a tea out of all these and added it to [his] beer at the end of fermentation instead of dryhopping.
Whoa! That is a mix indeed! He tells us that it changes taste a lot. So, like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. I am excited!
This is the second beer I’ve tried. Both travelled from the UK. More in the old post of mine. Don’t bother upvoting it.
The whole sending process took about 5-7 days and it shipped from the UK to Croatia! That is almost 2000 kilometers away!
I have to admit, I have never tried, or even heard of, gruit. So I have nothing to compare it to. I’ll keep an open mind. Ratebeer classifies Gruit as a Traditional Ale style. In their words:
ancient or resurrected styles of antiquity
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Cosgruit by @costopher - hand brewed
| Style | Gruit |
| Country | @costopher’s abode, the UK |
| Alcohol | Unknown |
| ----- | --------- |
| Appearance | Light amber color, hazy, sparkling. Decent head but dissolves quickly. I don't even have to emphasize how much I like the label :) |
| Aroma | Aroma gives way to wheat beer on the surface. There are underlying herbal notes difficult to discern but quite a lot. Definitely mint and herbal tea, a bit of citrus. It is a lively, thick aroma. Very promising. |
| Taste | Light sweetness, lightly bitter. I am not convinced here. Falls flat in comparison to aroma. Almost as if someone mixed tea with beer. But, never had a Gruit before. |
| Palate | Extremely light body and thin texture. Carbonation is quite fizzy and packs a punch. Finish is... unusually, like bitter tea. |
| ----- | --------- |
| Overall | Overall, I liked @costopher's Hefeweizen more. Gruit seems a very challenging style and it is great he was willing to tackle it. You can notice that it says #1 on the label so there is room for improvement. I would very much like to try some of his beer again. |
| Score (subjective, personal) | 15/20 |
Price: @costopher’s hard work (time, materials, labeling and bottling + shipping costs. Priceless basically!
Please drink with style and responsibility!
Camera: Cell phone - Moto G4 Plus 16MP
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More in his post!A bit strange, but @jeezzle served ice cream with beer. Check him out.
Sounds kind of like an ancient ale.
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Pfft, can't believe it took me a full day before seeing the review of my little baby Gruit :)
Glad you enjoyed trying this out!
Cheers
Whoot, that's cool.
Love to have this tasted in Belgium 🇧🇪 and at the #BeerSaturday
Cheers!
I've never had one, well besides mine, if I ever see one, I'll get it for sure¬
Cheers man! You are the king of beer!
This time it's @costopher's artwork ;)
does sound very nice @buzzbeergeek
As utterly bizarre as the idea of beer without hops is, I have to say it sounds delicious. I'm normally not a connoisseur of crafted beers, but I might have to give this a try.
Let's hope @costopher opens up his beerworks! :)
Yeah this actually looks quite tasty and we are not beer drinkers :P
Thanks guys, you and @costopher made my day!
Thanks guys! Glad to see I piqued your curiosity!
it is gruit he has used@anarcho-andrei, how can you call beer without hops beer, however what @costopher has created is a ale as
Woah that's really cool.
When I read the word 'gruit' I immediately thought of Groot from guardians of the galaxy haha!
Yay ! we make it on beer brand as well ?! Well done @costopher ! thanks for the review @buzzbeergeek !! cheers !
Hehe, why not? Thanks guys
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Respect mate very interesting to see your hop free beer! Great photos too and awesome label 😊
Thanks! I only tasted it, @costopher made it!
Big ups to the beer drinking gardener ! And being the taster is the best part 😉
Thank you @ch00fy ! Had great fun brewing this one, making the label was probably the hardest part for me, heh!
Great post, thanks for sharing!
Im following you !
Resteeming this to my followers. Hope it helps a little, and let´s drink beer!
cheers ...have some beers...:))
Gladly you are getting better, so you come back. Without you is similar beer without hop too as you said. But Ice cream and beer, that is new for me :)
Hehe, thanks. Yeah, I'm better. It was a minor thing it seems ;) Exhaustion from travelling.
cheers to the beers...
abbott ale, theakstons, old thumper, 49 er. nice real ales
symonds somerset cider nice
What an awesome idea. My boyfriend is quite into brewing but I don't know the first thing about it...I just like to drink the stuff!
Ouch mixing tea with beer, I do not think it will be for me! but an open mind is good is it not so maybe have to give it a try!!
Have a look for Earl Gray IPAs, your world will be changed forever! Heh, just kidding, but IPAs work pretty well with tea and you should be able to find them at festivals
Will be on the look out
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It's an extraordinary beer with such ingredients.
I would just imagine the taste as you described.
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What's the secret for making those boss labels??
I have to admit I had no recollection of how I made them. I looked through my logs from the day and found out I've registered on canva.com that day and used that.
I've started with upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Steemit-big.png and just added some text around it.
I've printed them in black and white, not so much because of artistic reasons... the lack of colour ink in my printer was the main driver for this, and then I've just cut the paper and stuck them on the bottles using paper glue. High tech process :DI've just made the files public on canva with edit rights, so if you want to use them feel free to do so. They're at https://www.canva.com/design/DACciHRJ5CI/view .
Only @costopher knows ;)
Steemit Brew is so cool. Thanks for sharing. This was a genius brew.
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