ancient malt and ale

The Orkney Science Festival is held annually. It's always a great week of varied and interesting events, talks, demonstrations and fun....

When the brewer has mashed in, he or she needs to separate the sweet wort from the grain husks. This is achieved by lautering and sparging....

I'm picking up the blog again, after taking quite a long time off. To my surprise, folk have been reading our past posts, so thank you v...

Could the first farmers in the fertile crescent have been the first people to make malt? Who were the first maltsters? After I had complet...

Sometimes, a single sentence in an excavation report can be the beginning of research that sparks your curiosity and makes you ask questions...

Hope you had a grand Yule and that you enjoyed the midwinter celebrations. We wish you all the best and A Happy New Year for 2015. There has...

Kilns and ovens are usually considered to be very hot places, for example, where pottery is fired at a high temperature or bread is baked ...