Gruitbeer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In medieval Europe, a beer which was flavoured with gruit, a mixture of herbs. historical, uncountable

    "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."

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gruit

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"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."

Etymology

From gruit + beer.

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