January 25, 2020

Category: My SCA Documentation

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Homebrewing beer: Potential Extract Values of Grains and Adjuncts

Beauty In Beer, Brewing Articles & Threads, My Brewing Articles & Class Handouts, My SCA Documentation |March 9, 2013 |by Elspeth |0

BJCP CLASS – we were given a choice of presentation topics, and I chose Malt.  Turns out Malt is one of the very first presentations, so I’ve been scrambling through [..]

two glasses of wine side by side, one red and one white

Riesling – an historical grape

Beauty In Beer, Finding the Words, I like it, My SCA Documentation, Wine |February 16, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

DNA studies by Ferdinand Regner indicates that one parent of the modern Riesling vine is Gouais Blanc, known in Germany as Weißer Heunisch , brought to Burgundy from Croatia by [..]

two glasses showing red wine with and without oak aging

Tempranillo Wine, the rich Spanish red

Beauty In Beer, Finding the Words, I like it, My SCA Documentation, Wine |February 16, 2012 |by Elspeth |1

Tempranillo is a variety of black grape native to Spain.  It is called Spain’s “noble grape”, and is the main variety used in Rioja[1].  Spanish cultivation of vitis vinifera, the [..]

a long line of large oak beer barrels on their side, three deep

Müller-Thurgau : the perfect German table wine

Beauty In Beer, Finding the Words, I like it, My SCA Documentation, Wine |February 16, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

Müller-Thurgau is a white grape created by Hermann Muller from the Swiss canton of Thurgau in 1882.  However, it is a cross of Riesling with Madeleine Royale[1], which is a [..]

Cordial glass with golden liquid

Apricot Cardamom Cordial

Beauty In Beer, Brewing Recipes, Cordials, My SCA Documentation |February 13, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

I really like cardamom, and it seemed to be a good match for apricots.  I took this to Interkingdom Brewing Competition at Pennsic, where it did well.  This is my [..]

Thistle Mead

Beauty In Beer, Brewing Recipes, Mead, My SCA Documentation |February 13, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

 When I first got this honey, it tasted like thistle looks – spiny, kind of hairy, very green.  It took a long time to age out (measured in years, not [..]

Ale With Honey Historical documentation

Beauty In Beer, Braggot, My SCA Documentation |February 11, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

At historical competitions, I provide two sets of documentation, 2-3 copies of each (assuming our usual three judges per category).  There is the executive summary, less than one page long: this [..]

rosemary bush

Ginger Rosemary Lime Mead

Beauty In Beer, Mead, My SCA Documentation |February 10, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

 I have made this and found it to be light and very pleasant with dinner on a hot summer night.  That said, it is too light and not apparently sweet enough [..]

DogfishHead Midas Touch Clone

Beer, Brewing Recipes, My SCA Documentation |February 7, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

I like Dogfish Head’s Midas Touch, which was developed from analysis of the funerary beverage found in King Midas’ tomb (well, it could have been his father’s tomb).  Dr. Patrick [..]