Brewing books/methods...

[Stephen Pursley]

> > > > The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing
> > > I must disagree. *grin*
> > What???  Oh you grinned.

I put it out as a joke.

> Actually, I was quite serious, otherwise I would have winked. I have
> been quite disappointed by some of the material presented in this book.
> (Unfortunately it's been a while since I glanced at it so I don't
> remember off the top of my head what.)
> 
> It's probably a good book if you don't have a home brew store or know
> brewers that can help you. Of course in the SCA you should be able to
> find a goodly number of people at any event who at least know some about
> brewing.
> 
> > Anyway there is one called Making Mead.  The
> > authors name escapes me right now.
> 
> I don't think I've seen that book. I've seen a goodly number of books
> that I was disappointed in, but it may have been because of the person
> (novice brewer) they were catering to.
> 
> Although I don't consider myself an expert, I do consider myself beyond
> the basics. (Then again, I still need to learn basic chemistry, but that
> would ruin all my fun. *wink*)
> 
> > > I think that Homebrewing should be passed on from person to person. (Or
> > > learned in my favorite method, trial and error.)
> > This is the best method I've found thus far.  My recipe came from Lord
> > Nooman and Lord Alexander.  I passed it on to Pug and Maite.  They are
> > modifying it furthur and improving it themselves.

Yes, yes.

> Yep. As well, I am trying some of the recipes from "A Sip Through Time"
> to see what "period" mead was like. There is quite a variety to play with,
> and lots of leaway for my trial and error method. The recipes in here
> vary from very small (light honey/alcohol) to sack (heavy
> honey/alcohol). As well, they have beers, ales (including cock ale),
> wines (including a lemon wine that the brewers' guild did at their last
> meeting), ciders, hydromels and other fun stuff.
> 
> Mistress Clare has also been nice enough to lend me a copy of Digby for
> reference. *rubs his hands gleefully*


But remember, Digby is not period.

  Barat