Medieval/Renaissance Brewing Homepage

What's New?

Reference, Bibliography

• An annotated bibliography (very small so far)
• The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Digbie (1669)
• Ein Buch von Guter Spise (German, c. 1350) (one mead recipe)
• References from Scum

Articles / Newsletters

• Medieval Wines: How sweet were they?
• Di stillation and Alcoholic Beverages
• Class notes: Basic Brewing
• Scum (newsletter of the AEthelmearc/East brewers guilds)
  • Brewing on the Dark Side * Brewing with Period Recipes * A Good Familiar Creature * The True Bottling of Beer * Art and Mistery
• Early Medieval Brewing

Individual Recipes

• Cask Conditioned Ale: Being a redaction and recreation of a 1577 beer recipe
• Weak Honey Drin k (Digby)
• Hippocras ( Goodman/Cariadoc)
• Good Mead (Ein Buch von Guter Spise)
• 2 Cordial Recipes (Raspberry, Tangerin e)
• Drake's Medieval Brewing Page

Related information

• Rialto (rec.org.sca) archive of beverage- related postings
• Search rec.crafts.brewing or rec.crafts.winemak ing
• Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage
• Mead Maker's Page
• Mead Lover's Digest (a mailing list)
• Index of Br ewing sites
• rec.crafts.brewing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Making Beer: Homebrew circa 1800 (article)
• American Beer: Glimpses of Its History and Description of Its Manufacture (book, published 1909)

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