gruitbeer

Etymology

From gruit + beer.

gruitbeer means In medieval Europe, a beer which was flavoured with gruit, a mixture of herbs. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

In medieval Europe, a beer which was flavoured with gruit, a mixture of herbs.“It had been a more common drink during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when beer (gruitbeer) was of low quality and wine was still produced on a relatively large scale in Brabant itself, in the region of Louvain, Aarschot, and Diest.”