Recent content by marsav

What a pleasant surprise to see this thread alive, and all the experiments you guys are trying. And @VonSchmitt such a great find of the video. It's published recently, I wonder if I should go and try finding those brewers in Rokiškis.. A couple of interesting points regarding the life of...

@AshtrayDinner - where did you hear about "monastic" Lithuanian brewing? I am Lithuanian beer enthusiast and homebrewer, keen on local brewing history, but haven't heard or read much about "monastic" brewing other than that it was actually practiced in monasteries, such as Karmeliet monastery...

@bdkelly - that seems like a fairly good recipe based on the description of "Keptinis" brewing process from another book on Lithuanian fermented beverages. The translation is accurate enough. I have the original book, but not at hand. By re-reading the thread, and recalling my own experience of...

Hey bdkelly - for your approximations, you could use heat tolerant and either neutral, yeasty or mildly spicy profile yeasts. I know that some brewers in the area are using Fermentis Safbrew S-33/Edme yeast which is a very popular general purpose ale yeast tolerant to wide range of temps. I...

I am Lithuanian, and helped Beer Connoisseur with their trip to Lithuanian beer country. A couple of insights you might find useful. As for grain bread beer, it's called "Keptinis" and it is mentioned as a style in some old books. The bread is made not from spent grain, but from mash dough...

I saw a documentary movie "La Cancion del Pulque" (see Canción del pulque, La (2003)) where the traditional process of making Pulque (as well as drinking it in pulquerias while singing) was portreyed. If I remember correctly, the agave juice was simply fermented, no special yeast added. I...

Argentina is best when it comes about brewpubs and home-made beers - from Bariloche/El Bolson to Ushuaya. See here: Asociación de Cerveceros Artesanales de la República Argentina Chile has some of it too, e.g. Kunstmann brewpub in Valdivia (german style beers). It's difficult to find a decent...