Dale Gauthier
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Hi folks, been brewing a few years now and tried some different things but I had an interesting request from a friend. How to brew a Renaissance style beer made and consumed in the 14th thru 17th centuries.
Scanning through the internet and I've found some things like Gruit that was loaded with herbs and stuff. I'm familiar with and make mead of different varieties but I can't really find much on what the beer was like or what combination what in it. If I was to attempt to clone some sort of ancient renaissance style beer, what would I be looking at? Is there a style of beer on the market today that would closely resemble something like this so I could use it as a reference? I know hops were beginning to get popular with the Brits around 1400 or so but a typical Ren beer would have to be more than just a heavy hopped Irish or British ale right? What say you expert brewers?
Thanks!
HD.
Scanning through the internet and I've found some things like Gruit that was loaded with herbs and stuff. I'm familiar with and make mead of different varieties but I can't really find much on what the beer was like or what combination what in it. If I was to attempt to clone some sort of ancient renaissance style beer, what would I be looking at? Is there a style of beer on the market today that would closely resemble something like this so I could use it as a reference? I know hops were beginning to get popular with the Brits around 1400 or so but a typical Ren beer would have to be more than just a heavy hopped Irish or British ale right? What say you expert brewers?
Thanks!
HD.