ancient malt and ale

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...

"Our prehistoric fathers may have been savages, but they were clever and observant ones ... the art and practice of the brewer are fou...

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...