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Permalink Reply by Brad Boggess on March 7, 2011 at 7:55am

sorry, I've never tried it. I've heard it provides a harsh, one-dimensional bittering.

Permalink Reply by Matthew E. Schaefer on March 7, 2011 at 2:11pm

I haven't heard of any one using it in the modern time although I am sure someone somewhere has done it.   I know that it was once used, as where many other things, as a bitternig agent instead of hops.

 

I do believe that if you do make it, you are required to drink it in the presence of little green fairies.

Permalink Reply by Rodrigo Urbieta on March 7, 2011 at 5:00pm

ha! yes Matt, that's what I read too, hence I want to try it. We will see what happens. I'll keep you guys posted.

Permalink Reply by P G Hepp Jr on March 29, 2011 at 12:48pm

Try Piccolo Birrifico's Chiostro, they spice theirs with artemisia absinthium.

Use a trappist yeast to add even more complexity and uniqueness to a spicy brew.