Mugwort porter

I've put on a new brew now the weather has cooled

This is a mugwort porter and the recipe is:

  • 18 litres water
  • 600g molasses
  • 1kg brewing sugars
  • a few inches of ginger
  • about half a dozen small lemonbalm leaves
  • one of those bags used for fruit and veg stuffed full of mugwort

I've submerged the mugwort in the wort, using a cotton bag weighed down with mugs.

The nettle porter last year worked well but had a bit much of alcohol for me.

Update: seems I've pushed my luck too far and the wort is infected. Guess it might've been the tea bag (an old flour sack) weighed down with three mugs.