Interesting Old English Recipes.

[boscobeans]

This is an interesting site with a bunch of old (very old) recipes from the U.K.

http://www.countybeermakers.org.uk/oldbeers/book2-list.php

bosco

 

[teucer]

I note it doesn't site its sources well, and for the oldest recipes it doesn't seem to reflect much knowledge about historical malting practices (pale malt? in England? in 1300?), but it's not a bad jumping-off point.

 

[RickyLopez]

Beer must have tasted baaaad back then....

 

[zgoda]

Here's the complete listing of well-researched and accurate recipes based on actual brewing logs from British breweries.

http://www.unholymess.com/blog/lets-brew

 

[patto1ro]

This is an interesting site with a bunch of old (very old) recipes from the U.K.
http://www.countybeermakers.org.uk/oldbeers/book2-list.php
bosco

I've just checked two of th recipes for which I have the brewing records: Maclay's 56/- Mild Ale (1909) and Whitbread's Triple Stout (1880). Both miss out ingredients in the original beer: grits in the case of the Maclay's beer and sugar in the case of the Whitbread.

 

[teucer]

Beer must have tasted baaaad back then....

When made by a brewer who doesn't know what they're doing? Yes, absolutely.