Put all these into a bowl, stir well and add them to the nettle liquid. Meanwhile, activate about half an ounce of brewing yeast. Cover the mixture and keep it in a warm room for a couple of days. Then strain this into strong bottles - and don t cork them too tightly. Keep the nettle beer for at least a week before drinking, but this is not a wine - so try to finish it within three months to enjoy its best taste.
Children too can enjoy the healthy taste of nettle, as a good blood purifier.
This non-alcoholic version makes a very pleasant summer drink, especially when soda water or diet lemonade is added to it. Nettle Syrup Pick two pounds of young nettle tops on a fine, dry day, and rinse them under the tap. Then put them into a saucepan with four pints of water. Bring this to the boil and simmer for about an hour, replacing the water that has boiled away. Strain when the liquid is fairly cool and add one pound of sugar to every pint of liquid in the saucepan.