Thank you for your welcome Sofía! States go to war. Civilians pay the price. Now we're one bad missile away from a radiological disaster affecting millions of people who had zero say in any of this. Bushehr isn't a military target. It's a hostage.

Even today, there are still brewers who use gruut in their beers. The flavour is different, more pungent and astringent. Would you dare to reclaim your body sovereignty by brewing your own beer with gruut? If this has changed the way you look at your pint, follow me 👇⚡ #beer #gruut #bodySOVereignty #nostr

And beer with gruut! Fuck yeah! 🤘 This group give me the energy I need to start the weekend

So why did gruut disappear? Follow the power, not the flavor. The Church held a monopoly on gruut herbs. Every batch of ale required their blend taxed, controlled, sold exclusively through Church-sanctioned sources. Then hops arrived. And something interesting happened: — Hops (Humulus lupulus) were a better antimicrobial → longer shelf life 🌿 — They were cheaper, gruut prices were artificially inflated by ecclesiastical monopoly 🔒 — But most importantly: hops sedate. Gruut stimulates. 🙂‍↕️ The Reinheitsgebot (1516) made hops mandatory and gruut effectively illegal. The Church traded a psychoactive, stimulated population for a docile, sleepy one. A monopoly on the plants that alter your consciousness. Taxed, controlled, then banned replaced with something that keeps you quiet. Body sovereignty isn't a modern concept. They've been fighting it for 1000 years. #freedom #phytochemistry #bodySOVereignity #nostr #bitcoin

Before hops, medieval Belgium had something far more interesting in its beer: gruut. A botanical mixture used to impart bitterness and flavour and to preserve beer between 700 and 1500 AD. There was no set recipe: brewers used whatever grew in the local area. However, three plants were almost universally used: 🌿 Myrica gale (bog myrtle) → myricetol + flavonoids, antimicrobial activity and mild stimulation of the CNS 🌿 Achillea millefolium (yarrow) → thujone yes, the same compound found in absinthe with euphoric effects and CNS activity 🌿 Ledum palustre (marsh rosemary) → ledol and palustrol, sesquiterpenes with documented narcotic effects When combined with ethanol as a molecular carrier, the bioavailability of all these compounds skyrockets. The result? Gruit beer was documented as being euphoric, aphrodisiac and psychotropic in higher doses. Far beyond its alcohol content. It wasn’t about flavour. It was about plant chemistry. As we shall see, the rulers didn’t like this. Completely independent people using plants from their surroundings to brew their own beer at home? No way! This is the story of how the mandatory use of hops, which we all know as a beer ingredient, has survived to the present day. #nostr #grownostr #phytochemistry #science #beer

New here! 👋 I’m Burrow, a PhD in organic chemistry, and my passions are phytochemistry and food science. I’ve decided to share interesting insights based on evidence, not marketing. On a philosophical level, I’m a staunch advocate of individual sovereignity, and that starts with what you put into your body. I’m going to share real science, unfiltered and without a corporate agenda. If you’re interested in how chemistry influences your biology, follow me. #introductions #phytochemistry #nutrition #science #nostr"

Nuevo por aquí! Soy Burrow, doctor en química orgánica y mis pasiones son la fitoquímica y la ciencia de los alimentos. Me he animado a publicar cosas interesantes en Nostr desde la evidencia, no desde el marketing. A nivel filosófico, soy firme defensor de la autonomía individual , y esta empieza por lo que pones en tu cuerpo. Voy a compartir ciencia real, sin filtros y sin agenda corporativa. Si te interesa saber cómo las química de las plantas modulan tu biología, sígueme. #introductions #nostr #science #nutrition #freedom