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Gruit or Alternative Ale Making Herbs/Spices

Herb/Spice/Plant       Price/oz or Unit       Use/Description/Notes
Mugwort$0.99Used as a bittering/flavoring agent in gruit
Sage$0.99Used as a bittering/flavoring/aroma agent in gruit or sage ale
Hyssop$0.99Used as a flavoring/aroma agent in gruit
Yarrow$0.99Used as a bittering agent in gruit
Sweet Gale$2.99/PackageUsed as a bittering/flavoring agent in gruit; resiny flavor
Juniper Berries$0.99Used for resiny/piney/ flavor & aroma
Wormwood$4.99/PackageUsed as a bittering agent in alternative ales
Licorice Root$0.99Use limited to lending a sweet, mildly resiny flavor
Sasafrass Root Bark$1.99Main ingredient in original root beer; USDA known carcinogen
Indian Sarisparilla$0.99Ingredient used in root beer; distinctive aroma
Burdock Root$1.49Ingredient used in root beer; distinctive aroma
Chicory, Roasted$0.99Coffee like aroma; could be used in specialty ales
Cinnamon$0.99Used in holiday/spiced ales, meads and wines
Horehound$0.99Used originally in flavoring candy, bitter/sweet flavor
Wintergreen$0.99Use very sparingly!
Spearmint$0.99Use VERY sparingly!
Anise, Star$1.99/PackageUsed in flavoring holiday/spiced ales, meads and wines
ElderberriesTBAUsed in making elderberry wine
ElderflowersTBA
Heather tipsTBAUsed in making gruit, flavoring/aroma
Grains of Paradise$2.99/PackageUsed in spicing witbiers/summer ales
Cardamom seeds$2.99/PackageUsed in spicing witbiers/summer ales
Vanilla BeansTBAUsed in spicing various ales, meads, and wines
Yellow Dock$0.99Used in root beer