BrewOnBoard
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I was hoping to bottle my swartzbier today, but the wind has kicked up to 30 knots which means my house is moving too much and stirring up too much trub to bottle. No worries though, a sailor has to defer to the wind and the extra time sure won't hurt the swartzbier.
As I stare at the sloshing yeasties I find myself thinking about ships of yore with barrels of IPA and other grog. Quite a few barrels too as the british navy ration was a gallon of beer per day for each sailor. (wonder what the abv of that stuff was)
Has anyone ever tried to brew a beer from a real historical recipe? I wonder how different the ingredients of today are and if you could even get close. Still, there must be surviving documents with recipes out there somewhere.
Anyone have a recipe for british admiralty beer? Wouldn't that be fun to try and brew!
BrewOnBoard
As I stare at the sloshing yeasties I find myself thinking about ships of yore with barrels of IPA and other grog. Quite a few barrels too as the british navy ration was a gallon of beer per day for each sailor. (wonder what the abv of that stuff was)
Has anyone ever tried to brew a beer from a real historical recipe? I wonder how different the ingredients of today are and if you could even get close. Still, there must be surviving documents with recipes out there somewhere.
Anyone have a recipe for british admiralty beer? Wouldn't that be fun to try and brew!
BrewOnBoard