[Stones] bronze age ale

[Ric]

ah, meadowsweet - if you only knew what that meant to
me?

one of flowers from which the wizards Gwydion and Math
conjured Blodeuwedd - 'flowerlike' - the god Lleu's
beautiful consort

i found myself in a sunny glade of meadowsweet several
years ago, in a part of Wild North Wales, with a
hidden brook running beneath my feet, which i could
hear but not see ...

also noticed meadowsweet growing around the base of
Silbury, it seems to like damp soil conditions?

;)

Ric


--- Merryn Dineley <merryn at dineley.com> wrote:

> hi Ric, my mail went down for a while so I am just
> catching up.
> 
> Well, the fodder bit is interesting. Spent grain
> makes excellent animal 
> fodder. It is the barley husks that remain after
> beer has been made. 
> Cows love it.
> 
> I think malts and ale are the only thing you can
> usefully do with 
> barley. It is impossible to grind unmalted barley
> into flour using a 
> saddle quern. But you can easily crush the malted
> barley. The whole 
> thing is complicated to explain but it is simple
> really. If you are 
> interested then I have some publications?....
> 
> My husband is making some meadowsweet ale just now.
> 
> Merryn