hist-brewing: Sources...

[Badger]

the group around here consideres Digby a primary source.  Its best to
have a supporting documentation from in period, usually Harrison, or
Markham are used.

badger

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Mike Fuchs wrote:

> Cheers,
> 
> Recently, I found out that Digbie is considered a secondary source, so
> my question is, does anyone know of any primary sources??  I would be
> interested in finding out what people are using as sources - primary,
> secondary, or tertiary.  Any help, info, or websites would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Carrick 
> 
> [ Editor's note: This fellow is obviously a SCAdian, and thus probably
> is most interested in brewing before 1600. Digby is from 1669, but
> some people claim that he was writing about older techniques, since he
> was really old when he wrote his book. I think that discussing "Is
> Digby relevant to pre-1600 brewing" in terms of whether Digby is a
> primary or secondary source for pre-1600 brewing is extremely
> confusing, and should be avoided at all costs. Digby is obvious a
> primary source for the brewing that he personally did. -- Greg ]
> 
> 
> 
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