ChasidicCalvinist
Well-Known Member
EDIT---This is for the GLUTEN FREE FORUM
So I just got back from a conference outside of Philadelphia. I took my family into Philadelphia for a day so they could see some sights. We stopped by the City Tavern and I saw they had "historical" beers there based on recipes of Jefferson, Washington and Franklin. They had the original recipes available from Washington and Franklin to read. Neither of their beers used barley, wheat or rye. In the book the City Tavern has of their recipes it states that Franklin used molasses and spruce because barley and hops were not available.
One of the entries on their recipes also referenced Theory and Practice of Brewing by Michael Combrune. Which I found online here: http://archive.org/details/theoryandpractic00combiala
What I'm wondering is has anyone looked into historical brewing? I wonder if we study recipes from Colonial America, Great Britain and maybe even Europe, especially prior to the Reinheitsgebot, if we might not be able to find some pretty good recipes for beer that is entirely gluten free.
So I just got back from a conference outside of Philadelphia. I took my family into Philadelphia for a day so they could see some sights. We stopped by the City Tavern and I saw they had "historical" beers there based on recipes of Jefferson, Washington and Franklin. They had the original recipes available from Washington and Franklin to read. Neither of their beers used barley, wheat or rye. In the book the City Tavern has of their recipes it states that Franklin used molasses and spruce because barley and hops were not available.
One of the entries on their recipes also referenced Theory and Practice of Brewing by Michael Combrune. Which I found online here: http://archive.org/details/theoryandpractic00combiala
What I'm wondering is has anyone looked into historical brewing? I wonder if we study recipes from Colonial America, Great Britain and maybe even Europe, especially prior to the Reinheitsgebot, if we might not be able to find some pretty good recipes for beer that is entirely gluten free.