ancient malt and ale

Brewing ale in Neolithic Britain - it seems to be a controversial topic among some academic archaeologists. I'm not sure what the proble...

How do you collect the wort when you have mashed in a trough in the ground? The main problem, obviously, is that you can't lauter and ...

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...