For those of you familiar with the dreaded Stinging Nettle, I thought you might appreciate this new discovery. This beer is made from the plant that was the scourge of my youth. If you touch it, you break out in a rash . . . kind of like multiple mosquito bites all in the same area. Every time the ball or frisbee went into the rough, you risked the wrath.
Over the past few visits to England, I'd heard that some people would make wine from the stinging nettle, but I'd never heard of a beer until my recent visit to the West Country. I have to admit that it might all be mental, but I swear there is a little sting to the tongue when you first taste it. Darn tasty, however!
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| The dreaded stinging nettle |
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| Brewed with organically grown hand-picked Dorset nettles |
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