Home grown woodruff syrup experiment

[jbaker9]

Getting ready for Berliner Weiss for when it starts to warm up. Sweet Woodruff plant should be ready then for home made woodruff syrup.

 

[Reman]

Is the woodruff a bittering alternative? What flavour does it impart?

 

[yurgy]

cost me 50 for two bottles from germany postage was the killer.were did you get the plant? reman taste of it's own.

 

[wambesi]

Is the woodruff a bittering alternative? What flavour does it impart?

It's part of the 'traditional way' of drinking Berliner Weisse. Have a look at the Wikipedia article for a bit of a small explanation.

It's basically a flavouring (like a cordial I guess).

I've not done it myself, I do a secondary directly on fruit.

 

[jbaker9]

I found it at a local nursery. Grows pretty fast. You can also get seeds in the post. Also doubles as a nice low maintenance ornamental.