Medieval Brewing Recipes: Find the Sources
It’s amazing to me how many brewers ask me where to find medieval brewing recipes for beer, mead, whatever . Let’s start with some basics. When you’re looking for documentable [..]
Tag: cordials
Brewers’ Roundtable at this weekend’s event
For you medievalists who might be able to actually attend, and all you crazy brewers who like getting together with other brewers to see what’s shakin’, may I recommend this [..]
Medieval Summer Camp and thinking about beer
I’m back home from medieval summer camp (where I and ten thousand of my closest friends re-create camps and life in different eras prior to 1600 AD, complete with battles, [..]
Books for Brewers: Historical Brewing Secondary Sources
Most recently updated Aug. 18. 2015 Here is my list of historical brewing secondary sources; the references I reach for regularly. I’ve already posted my personal list of primary sources [..]
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 [..]
Beauty In Beer : Making Mead, Beer, and Wine (and some cordials and historic non-alcoholic syrups)
This site is meant as a gateway for moderns to learn history and historians to make good homebrew. I want it to be a good, clear, accessible resource. I try [..]