Tag: Hops

  • Salve Ale Recipe: A Relaxing Herbal Beer

    Salve Ale Recipe: A Relaxing Herbal Beer

    Back in 2016, I brewed a beer that I called Salve Ale. My vision for the end result was a medicinal beer that would be very relaxing and have some sedative and healing effects. I ended up including 4 herbs along with some heavy hop additions, chosen both for their effects and for how the flavors…

  • The Hopyard 2016

    The Hopyard 2016

    Last year, I purchased 3 hop rhizomes and planted them in containers, and the Underhill Hopyard was born. I used large Rubbermaid bins with holes drilled in the bottom as the containers, and built adjustable trellises for them based on an article in Brew Your Own magazine, which worked really well. I purchased Cascade, Willamette,…