Historical Recipes

I stumbled across this link this afternoon. It's a tough read and some recipes are a little crude, but if you want to try your hand at brewing pre-1830 beers it's worth a shot.

http://beermumbo.com/1800beerrecipes/

 

One of my favourite quotes so far....

"Good fresh table beer may be made with sound wheat bran, at the rate of 2d. per gallon, beer measure, estimating the price of bran at 4s per ewt(?)., and the saccharine density of the wort extracted, at 16 lbs. per barrel; but the use of the instrument called saccharometer, in domestic practice, is not necessary, the process in brewing with wheat bran being sufficiently known to every good housewife, especially to those of labourers in husbandry..."

 

The Windsor Ale looks interesting.

 

In no way will I mention that quote to the good housewife in my house.

 

Sadlu, the link doesn't appear to work anymore.

 

Thank you very much for this quote!

 

Try this courtesy of the way back machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161023103507/http://beermumbo.com/1800beerrecipes/