Meadow Sweet - alcohol?

[TeeDee]

Meadowsweet is in abundance again - just wondering if it possible to upscale into something edible/drinkable? Some alcoholic infusion , wine , beer , brandy ??


Suggestions welcomingly received.

 

[Broch]

A crude dump of the info I have

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet

herb

river banks, ditches, hay meadows, roadside verges

leaves added to wines and preserves as a sweetener

anti-inflamatory, antirheumatic, astringent, taken for acid indigestion, heartburn, aspirin substitute without stomach irritation, used for rheumatism, tea for flu, cellulitis, kidney and bladder pain.

flavinol glycosides, phenolic glycosides (salicylates), salicin, volatile oil (salicylaldehyde), polyphenols (tannins), vit C

dried flowers used in herbal tobacco,

considered sacred by the druids. Strewn in houses, or bunches in vases, for the smell. One of the nine flowers used to create Blodeuwedd. Use flowering plant early summer

 

[Broch]

Sorry, for some reason I just can't format it better than that - I'll try again later

 

[knowledge=gain]

Sorry, for some reason I just can't format it better than that - I'll try again later

it is perfectly fine and comprehensible

 

[Toddy]

Meadowsweet is a natural aspirin.
Soaked in alcohol, a tincture, it makes a good topical analgesic base for aching joints.

I know it's used as a flavouring, but I wouldn't add much.

I use it, have used it for years, but it's not a food or a drink. It's not like elderflowers, put it that way.

M

 

[billycoen]

I use it, have used it for years, but it's not a food or a drink. It's not like elderflowers, put it that way.

Drat,could have got you drunk,and cured the hangover.

 

[Toddy]

I've never tried it as a hangover cure.......it is gentle on the stomach though, unlike commercial aspirin.

 

[knowledge=gain]

hangover.

a tarp for coverage from the elements

 

[slowworm]

I use meadowsweet as an ingredient in potpourri or on its own to keep clothes smelling fresh.

One thing, its pollen is a very noticeable green, you notice it in the bee hives so you know when it's flowing even if you haven't seen it yet. I wonder if the flowers would at least impart a decent green colour to alcohol?

 

[TeeDee]

I use meadowsweet as an ingredient in potpourri or on its own to keep clothes smelling fresh.

One thing, its pollen is a very noticeable green, you notice it in the bee hives so you know when it's flowing even if you haven't seen it yet. I wonder if the flowers would at least impart a decent green colour to alcohol?

I guess i will be finding out.

 

[Toddy]

My tinctures are a kind of brown/green colour.

I admit that I have never noticed the pollen being green. The stuff in my garden is very yellow, and the flowers I dry for tea are very pale yellow too.
The seeds are green at first though.