Now something new from our homebrewery: this low-alc Small Beer is made of the second runnings of two of the regional Sahtis that I brewed in October. The seasoning is common yarrow. It's a common plant in gardens and on village roadsides. It can be eaten fresh and it has obviously good health effects. I tasted this flower last summer several times and every time the flavor surprised me... 😉 The beer shows a semifoggy, deep copper color. Carbonation is hasty but reasonable and puts up a white, silky head that fails to reach one finger. The foamy lid melts soon to a gossamer lace ring on the top. The scent is attractive: I find biscuit and a bit of graham cracker from the maltbase, as well as a faint nuance of fresh juniper. The floral fragrance bends intriguingly toward menthol, peppermint and ginger. It is exactly what I wanted to detect among the olfactory components. I'll tell you later why. The flavor package is refreshing. I'm getting cookie, a hint of orange peel, distant ginger, equally remote peppermint and a suggestion of menthol. These three latter elements intensify the fresh sensation. It's slightly phenolic, in a good way. Nice! The body is light minus. The ABV isn't more than 4.2 %, which is surprisingly high for a late-runnings brew without any additional boost. The finish is rushed. The mouthfeel is somewhat thin, refreshing, distantly phenolic and balanced. Easy and unconventional. Now a post scriptum on the common yarrow: the flavor of the flower is astonishingly mentholic. I thought it would have been unpleasantly grassy that only cows and horses like but no! It is mentholic. What I would still wish, is a more powerful flavor of the menthol. Now it's subtle. The amount of flower in the wort wasn't little but it would require a good load more to really penetrate the flavor sphere properly. The right-side picture shows you what common yarrow looks like.