Satisfying!

Delicious!

Medicinal!

And something you can make yourself…

That’s homemade Birch beer!

I love the taste of real Birch beer - have you ever had it?

The tree bark and roots, particularly from Sweet, Black, or Cherry Birch (Betula lenta) or Yellow Birch (B. allegheniensis), have a distinctive wintergreen scent and taste that gives Birch beer it’s signature flavor. These trees are native to Turtle Island (North America) - Sweet Birch tends toward the northeast and Yellow Birch skews a bit further west and south.

In the following video, I’ll share all the ingredients and steps you’ll need to make your own Birch syrup to add to seltzer for homemade Birch beer. You could also drizzle this syrup on pancakes, yogurt, or ice cream (if you wanna!).

Want to get to know Birch a little better? Check out INFUSE a la carte Birch month – a whole month’s worth of lessons on Birch, including meditations, identification, wildcrafting, medicine making, crafts, lore, and more.

And if you want to go even deeper with the healing plants, you might want to join INFUSE for a season or the year!