January 25, 2020

Month: June 2013

half American, half UK flag mashed together

Ireland, Scotland, and Bloggers, Oh My!

Beauty In Beer, Events, Modern Brewing Events |June 25, 2013 |by Elspeth |0

This woman’s first real Irish Guinness is imminent, be prepared for the ground to shake. I’m going to Ireland for a week, my first time there, and then off to Scotland for [..]

Cover of The Goodman of Paris, showing a medieval man and his wife and a servant

Bochet Mead (Ever Try Caramelized Honey?)

Beauty In Beer, Brewing Recipes, Bygone Brewing, Mead, Medieval Brewing Events, Modern Brewing Events |June 10, 2013 |by Elspeth |2

Of all the brewing recipe possibilities, bochet made me nervous. I am a cold-method meadmaker.  I heat water as little as possible to mix with the must, and heat the [..]