
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 [..]
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 [..]
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 [..]
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 [..]
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 [..]
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 [..]
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 [..]
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 – [..]
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, [..]