Yeah, I liked that. Heh, I saw the women tending the fire and stuff, he was just watching! Great video Revvy, thnx for posting that.
Just like how he didn't use a hydrometer or thermometer, some of those old recipes didn't have boil or mash times listed, some of them actually said things like "Boil for the length of time it takes to cross a farmer's field and back."
We have a festival in town that recreates life in the 1700's during the French/Indian war, I've been toying with the idea of doing a historical brewing demonstration there, complete with period costumes....I'm trying to lay my hands on the gear though.
But the video also proves that we sweat this brewing thing waay too much....we're making
beer here, not doing micro surgery....this stuff has been brewed in some harsh conditions, LONG before we heard about things like germ theory, or even had thermometers and hydrometers....and the majority of it managed to be drinkable, or else, like I have said often, beer would have gone the way of Pepsi Clear and New Coke.....
Like he said, "you just "got what you got." No matter what you did, you made beer, and sassy or not, that's an attitude we all should cop.
Oh and if I don't see you in this thread anymore;