Bog Myrtle

[ChrisD123]

Up here there is tons of the stuff...has anyone used it in their brews? Is it the leaves or flowers/cones? and what quantities, i imagine its quite potent.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Bog myrtle leaves can be great and have a lot of the same flavour compounds as hops - but it's very vintage dependent, you get good years and not so great, now is probably a bit early. Rather than rewrite my previous post on the subject, see this :
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/the-gruit-beer-thread.629637/page-6#post-8449547

 

[ChrisD123]

Thank you really interesting...as i say i have access to tons of the stuff..my work takes me off into the hills around loch ness so have a plentiful supply same with juniper...BM is very fragrant just now

 

[jof]

I was trying to grow borage as a flavouring this year, but all the leaves were attacked by leaf mining insects, so nothing to report this year.