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The Poot

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A wet day, so no beeing and no gardening, so time to get something nice (I hope) out of stinging nettles. Beer.
1 kg of nettle tops to 5 litres of water......you need big pans. Attached are pics of the crop being boiled and the ensuing must.
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I was given a glass or 2 of nettle beer about 30 years ago, I loved it. very refreshing on a summers day.
 
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