SYLVIA´S LOVERS (ELIZABETH GASKELL) AND GROUND IVY BEER

This beer was, so Sir Simon ordained, to be made after a certain receipt which he left, in which ground ivy took the place of hops. But the receipt, as well as the masses, was modernized according to the progress of time.

The ancient Celts got widly plasterd thanks to the ground ivy beer, which was also very toxic. This tradition has been inherited by the Irish who emigrated to USA, like detective McNulty, from The Wire.

Ground ivy is not my cup of tea. I am more into hop