Visiting an Auntie a while back, she gave me a recipe for Horehound, uncle was a home brewer and used to do a little casual work at the Bundaberg Cordial works, he used to make a scaled down version at home which from all family accounts was a pretty good drop. The recipe is below, no conversions etc, I would like to make an alcoholic version and wondered if anyone here has a recipe for an alcoholic version of Horehound. Used to have Horehound growing in the garden where I lived years ago, took a bit home from a shearing shed, rumor was that shearers used to propagate it from shed to shed for use as a cure for head cold. A teaspoon of honey mixed up with some chopped leaves was the daily dose for a cold apparently, I did try it a few times, but couldn't claim it to be a wonder cure :lol: I heard that it is now considered a knoxious weed in most states.
So if anyone knows where I can some Horehound Herb, dried or however it comes. Or has a recipe for an alcoholic version of Horehound, please post it up.
Cheers,
Screwy
Horehound
Boil for 15 minutes (not too fast)
1 Gal Water
2oz Hops
1oz Horehound Herbs
Put on to cook 5 lbs Sugar
10 oz Lemon Essence
oz Citric Acid
Then strain hop water into sugar etc stir then make the mixture up to 5 gals with cold water. Then add teaspoon of Foam Heading and Caramel to make it the colour of beer.
Let settle for 3 days and bottle.
So if anyone knows where I can some Horehound Herb, dried or however it comes. Or has a recipe for an alcoholic version of Horehound, please post it up.
Cheers,
Screwy
Horehound
Boil for 15 minutes (not too fast)
1 Gal Water
2oz Hops
1oz Horehound Herbs
Put on to cook 5 lbs Sugar
10 oz Lemon Essence
oz Citric Acid
Then strain hop water into sugar etc stir then make the mixture up to 5 gals with cold water. Then add teaspoon of Foam Heading and Caramel to make it the colour of beer.
Let settle for 3 days and bottle.