SC - Re: eggs

[Woeller D]

In a message dated 10/16/97 1:34:06 PM, you wrote:

>> Research by a friend of mine (who happens to be A&S Minister of the East,
so
>> she's no lightweight) has shown that Digby changed a lot of the technology
>> of brewing in his time: inventing the strong bottle, and so forth.
>> 
>> I like Digby: it's an easy to use and read source.  But I don't consider
it
>> period.  YMMV
>> 
>>         Tibor
>
>Agreed on principal. However, I feel I need to qualify that with my
>opinion that while there are some areas in which Digby appears to have
>been a quite influential brewer whose "career" might be regarded as a
>sort of turning point for the art, there are nonetheless many areas in
>which the art has remained consistent before, during, and after the time
>in which Digby lived, brewed, wrote, died, and was published. Much of
>what Digby wrote applies to period brewing

Please keep in mind that Digby is a reference for more than just brewing
also.  Many SCA Vinters use him as a reference and I don't believe Vinting
experienced the major changes that brewing did in the time period we're
discussing.  (By the way what does YMMV stand for?)

Peyton
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