Brewing books/methods...

[ND Wederstrandt]

Greetings,

Barat stated:
>But remember, Digby is not period.

Yes, but Digby is a starting place for looking.  I have since found recipes
from "Cury in Inglishe", "The Good Housewife's Jewel, Parts I & II", and am
still looking in other period sources.  These recipes I will pass along to
Pug.  While Digby's book does not fall within the scope the SCA (and a
great many other things SCAers do as well), it is close to period.  I have
found that many recipes, formulas, etc are relatively stable during this
period and then start changing.  I plan on doing a comparison of what has
changed in the recipes and what doesn't. Digby is used frequently by cooks
as well.
        Most of the modern mead recipes the SCA use are actually melomels,
because of their use of herbs, fruits and additionals (black teas) and they
are fairly well accepted.
        The problem I found with modern mead and homebrewing books is that
they usually don't document where the recipes are from originally.

        I am curious do you brew beer, ales or what, as you seem
knowledgible and I must admit ignorance about tasting a great many brews
these days.

Cordially,

Clare St. John