Have any of you guys got any good recipes for nettle beer? They are starting to show here and I'm looking at em thinking it seems a shame not to partake of their fermented goodness. 
Nettle Beer Recipes Anyone?
- Thread starter missy mycelium
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Not tried it myself but...
Nettle beer
1 gallon of young nettles (ie 8 x 1pint jugfuls)
12 oz sugar
1 lemon
2lbs malt
1/4oz root ginger
1 oz dried hops
1 gallon water
1tbsp yeast, activated
Boil together the nettles, water, ginger, malt, and hops for about 15 minutes. Strain liquid into polythene vessel or bucket, add sugar and juice of the lemon, stir well to dissolve the sugar.
When the liquid is blood heat, add yeast.
Cover and leave in a warm place to ferment for three days, skimming off any froth that rises tot he surface.
Strain the beer into strong bottles, keep upright and leave in a cool lace foe one week before drinking.
Nettle beer
1 gallon of young nettles (ie 8 x 1pint jugfuls)
12 oz sugar
1 lemon
2lbs malt
1/4oz root ginger
1 oz dried hops
1 gallon water
1tbsp yeast, activated
Boil together the nettles, water, ginger, malt, and hops for about 15 minutes. Strain liquid into polythene vessel or bucket, add sugar and juice of the lemon, stir well to dissolve the sugar.
When the liquid is blood heat, add yeast.
Cover and leave in a warm place to ferment for three days, skimming off any froth that rises tot he surface.
Strain the beer into strong bottles, keep upright and leave in a cool lace foe one week before drinking.
My recipe, which I made last year and went down well 
:
1 carrier-bag full of nettles - pick the fresher tops, not the leaves from the base
8 pints water
1lb brown sugar
1 lemon
1 orange
2" root ginger
beer yeast
Mix the yeast in a cup of water with a tablespoon of the sugar. Set aside. Boil the nettle leaves in a gallon of water for around 15-20 minutes until the water goes a light-brown colour. Strain out the leaves, add the sugar and finally chopped ginger and boil again until all dissolved. Take off the heat, leave to cool, then add the orange and lemon juice. Add the yeast when at body heat, and place in a covered (but not sealed!) container, such as a bucket with a lid or a demijohn and leave to ferment for 2-3 days.
Strain off the liquid through a sieve or muslin to remove the ginger pieces and most of the yeast, then place in plastic bottles (old 1 or 2L lemonade bottles are best) and leave for 3-4 days before drinking. It will be very similar to ginger beer, and be slightly alcoholic (around 1-2%). Be warned, the beer keeps fermenting in the bottles for a while, producing the fizzyness (carbonation) - plastic bottles are safer as if they do explode you get wet, not showered in glass
:1 carrier-bag full of nettles - pick the fresher tops, not the leaves from the base
8 pints water
1lb brown sugar
1 lemon
1 orange
2" root ginger
beer yeast
Mix the yeast in a cup of water with a tablespoon of the sugar. Set aside. Boil the nettle leaves in a gallon of water for around 15-20 minutes until the water goes a light-brown colour. Strain out the leaves, add the sugar and finally chopped ginger and boil again until all dissolved. Take off the heat, leave to cool, then add the orange and lemon juice. Add the yeast when at body heat, and place in a covered (but not sealed!) container, such as a bucket with a lid or a demijohn and leave to ferment for 2-3 days.
Strain off the liquid through a sieve or muslin to remove the ginger pieces and most of the yeast, then place in plastic bottles (old 1 or 2L lemonade bottles are best) and leave for 3-4 days before drinking. It will be very similar to ginger beer, and be slightly alcoholic (around 1-2%). Be warned, the beer keeps fermenting in the bottles for a while, producing the fizzyness (carbonation) - plastic bottles are safer as if they do explode you get wet, not showered in glass
Thanks for those everyone :You_Rock_ I think i'll probably make a few different recipes and see which ones I like the best. 
