Veltehope, 313 Very Strong Meathe, A: recipe for, 453–54 Victory Celebration feast, 115 Violet leaves (Viola odorata), described, 476 Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria), 294 Vishnu, 23, 193 Vogel, Virgil: on spruce, 256 Wachagga tribe, pombe and, 126 Warao, palm and, 129 Water, note on, 435 Watercress herb (Nasturtium officinale), described, 476 Weed, Susun: dandelion beer by, 280 nettle beer by, 271–72 on nettles, 267, 275 Weiss, Fritz: juniper berries and, 243 Well of Remembrance, 15–16, 18, 425 Wemale, 153, 154 Wergeland, Henrik, 189 Wermuth, 190 Whiskey, 141 Whiteman, Robin: on ginger, 294 on mandrake, 211 White Metheglin of My Lady Hungerford, recipe for, 456–57 Whitlaw’s New Medical Discoveries, 412 on grains of paradise, 411 Whitman, Walt: quote of, 16–17 Whortleberries (Vaccinium ulignosum), 31 Whuea, 115 Wiccans, henbane and, 210 Wilbur, Ken, 13 on ancient culture beliefs, 12 Wild carrot seed (Daucus carota): illustration of, 351 medicinal uses for, 350–51 Wild carrot seed ale, 349–50
Wild Carrot Seed Ale (1744), recipe for, 350 Wildflower honey, vitamins in, 40 Wild lettuce (Lactuca spp.), medicinal uses for, 220–21 Wild lettuce ale, 219–20 recipe for, 220 Wild rosemary (Ledum palustre), 169 medicinal uses for, 180–82 Wild rosemary ale, 179–80 recipe for, 180 Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudacaulis), 283 described, 286–87 Wild sarsaparilla ale, recipe for, 285–86 Wild yeast, 65, 70, 77, 87, 152, 444 sugars and, 63–64 Williams, Bruce, 31 heather ale by, 27–28 Williams, Roger: on corn, 99–100 Windsor Ale, recipe for, 412–13 Wine, fermentation of, 70 Winsloe, Thomas: longevity of, 57 Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), 301 illustration of, 307 medicinal uses for, 306–7 Wintergreen ale, 304–6 recipe for, 305 Women: beer making and, 137, 429 fermentation and, 142 Wood, Matthew: on elder, 335, 338 yarrow and, 185, 187 Woodsage, 170 Wood sorrel herb and root (Oxalis Acetosella), described, 476–77 World Health Organization, Artemisia and, 196 Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), 170, 172, 188, 265, 379, 432, 438 infusing, 437 medicinal uses for, 191–96 Tarahumara and, 75
Wormwood ale, 188–90 recipe for, 190 Wormwood Ale for Fevers, recipe for, 191 Wort, 430 boiled, 228–32, 236 heretical rules for, 431–32 infection, 432 sweet, 227, 228 Worth, W. P., 298 on bottling, 438–39 on flavor, 436 on heather, 25 on herbs, 469–70 on wormwood, 189, 190 Wright, Herbert, 192 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), 26, 169, 170, 172–73, 174, 183, 196 bittering/preservative action of, 188 illustration of, 186 medicinal uses for, 184–88 Yarrow beer, 183–84 recipe for, 184 Yeast, 227 ancient culture and, 67 bread, 431 brewer’s, 71 domesticated, 63, 76 fermentation and, 62, 69 nutritional qualities of, 71 relationship with, 63 reusing, 432 Saccharomyces, 62, 70, 71, 118, 297 temperature and, 66 waking up, 435 wild, 63–64, 65, 70, 77, 87, 152, 444
Windsor, 435 Yellow dock (Rumex crispus), 353 Yellow rosebay (Rhododendron chrysanthemum), 31 Young Housekeeper’s Friend, or a Guide to Domestic Economy and Comfort, The, 289 Yucca, 110 toxicity of, 504 Zeus, mead and, 24 Zymurgy, 225, 233, 412
* In the seventeeth century, legislation, sponsored by do-gooders of the time, was passed prohibiting hot wort ale brewing in Norway, which was thought to make a more highly intoxicating beverage. One activist remarked, “I trust that if the latest praiseworthy regulation is obeyed, such a harmful habit will be abolished. It is a pity the size of the area makes it difficult for the authorities to get news of every crime.” 6
* The temperance movements, primarily Protestant groups (now with the addition of social workers), have traditionally had a serious effect on indigenous health. When colonial governments were motivated to prohibit traditional fermentations, the native cultures began to suffer from diseases their traditional beverages had specifically prevented. Zealously insisting that they were promoting native health, temperance movements have had quite the opposite effect.