[Sca-cooks] Bread baking in December

[Terry Decker]

But when did the winter brewing of beers get started?  The baker's leaven of 
choice in northern Europe was ale as first noted in Pliny's Natural Histories 
and ale was brewed continuously through the year.

Bear



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.My first reaction is to wonder if this is bread for use in the kitchen 
(thickening sauces, breadcrumbs for sausages, etc) or as trenchers, as you 
mention, rather than something they'd be eating as bread for the next few 
months. I haven't really read up much on German brewing practice, but in the 
back of my mind there *is* something about brewing a lot around this time of 
year, for lagering over the cold months-maybe bocks/doppelbocks? In which case, 
there would be lots of yeast available, at least around the bock breweries... 


Dan 

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