Books for Brewers: Historical Primary Sources for Brewers
Most recently updated October 21, 2017 I am chagrined each time I see someone online asking whether there are period sources. You bet there are! Here is a running list of [..]
Category: Cordials
Blood Orange Cordial
This year I made a modern Blood Orange Cordial. Sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? I made it for historic competitions. Blood oranges, C. sinensis, were first discovered and cultivated in 15th century Sicily (the region [..]
Apricot Cardamom Cordial
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 [..]
Brewing 101 Part 3: Things Beer and Mead Have in Common
Notes from Brewing 101: What You Need To Know To Get Started, first taught at Atlantia University, Fall 2008 This is the class handout. The class was taught to people interested in an [..]
Peach Cordial
My nephew Ross has been making cordials since college, but just recently knocked my socks off with this one and the Cranberry Cordial also on this site. Have you tried [..]
Cranberry Cordial
Have you tried this? Made it, tasted it? What did you think? 16 oz. cranberries 1/2 peel lemon, scraped 1/4 peel orange, scraped 1.5 c vodka [..]
Irish Cream Cordial
The recipe – no need for redaction here – is completely and utterly modern, no historical antecedents at all. Cordials were not sipping drinks in history, they were tonics – [..]
Spiced Honey Walnut Cordial
What to do with a lot of brandy-soaked toasted English walnuts? Let’s see…make butter brickle candy and coat it with dark chocolate, that’s what! Have you tried this? Made it, [..]