old school brewing

[stitchman]

I happened upon a very old pamphlet on brewing on the amazon bookstore. If you have a kindle you can download "A treatise on brewing beer" for free.

It is a very quick read and gives insight to how people brewed beer in London in 1796.

Check it out if you get a chance.

 

[jtd_419]

I've had that one for a few months, and its interesting how the methods have evolved..... never looked at the copyright though. I didn't realize it was that old

 

[unionrdr]

I remember reading part of that one a while back. Wooden tubs & hot rocks for some. Then all that shiny copper.

 

[inhousebrew]

Hm, maybe I'll have to check that out. Some of my favorite parts from Designing Great Beers was when Daniels went into the historical storylines of the style.

 

[unionrdr]

Sam at DFH did a beer with the hot rocks method. There's a video on youtube about it.

 

[TopherM]

I remember this from earlier in the year. You should check out the section on "AN OLD METHOD OF GIVING BUTT A FINE TANG."

I'm always looking for an old-school method of getting my azz some fine 'tang. Gotta love 18th Century English.

 

[bergy]

It also available at Project Gutenberg in various formats for your consideration.