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* See this [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1810757472285792/ MTF thread on herbs that lend bittering (09/02/2017)].
* See [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LwPcERdbgUi4sH9iCoNK4xdeydzeJayu92nHjFCuK7s/edit#gid=281642656 The Gruit Guild chart of herbs].
====Honey====
Honey should be dissolved in warm water before being added to beer, especially to oak barrels. Honey has a high osmolarity, meaning that it has a high sugar concentration and doesn't readily dissolve in beer. When added to oak barrels it will sink to the bottom and begin seeping out of the barrel staves, resulting in a mess and wasted honey (this might be due to the honey actually drying out the oak staves from inside the barrel, even with beer present, perhaps due to the concentration gradient between wood and honey) <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1924166434278228/?comment_id=1924493387578866&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Christophe Venot. Milk The Funk thread on adding honey to oak barrels. 12/19/2017.]</ref>.
==Vegetables==