Gruit

Beer brewed following a 13th-century recipe using gruit herbs

Gruit (pronounced /ˈɡraɪt/; alternately grut or gruyt) is a herb mixture used for bittering and flavouring beer, popular before the extensive use of hops.[1] The terms gruit and grut ale may also refer to the beverage produced using gruit. Today, however, gruit is a colloquial term applied to a beer seasoned with gruit-like herbs.[2]

  1. ^ AmericanCraftBeer.com (4 February 2016). "What the Hell Is a Gruit Ale?". American Craft Beer. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ^ Verberg, Susan. 2018. “‘The Rise and Fall of Gruit.’ the Brewery History Society, Brewery History (2018) 174, 46-78,” no. 174 (August): 46–78. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329178689_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Gruit_The_Brewery_History_Society_Brewery_History_2018_174_46-78. ‌