hist-brewing: healing beers

[adam larsen]

    I have had the misfortune to go through the book mentioned below and
simply can't recommend it for folks interested in making historical
ales.  The author recommends the use of  a couple of  herbs that are
dangerous and obviously has a poor understanding of the chemistry
involved in  brewing and malting.  He writes not from the perspective of
a antiquarian researcher but rather a new age herbalist.  Although i
have not attempted to make any of his recipes several appear at first
blush to be rather poorly conceived.
    A fine writer belongs to this list named Cindy Renfrow who has
written some of the finest material available on historical brewing.
Her web site is: www.thousandeggs.com.  Another good source for
information is the archives of this list.

Marty Twombly wrote:

>  > the book to look for is Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers by Stephen
> Harrod
> > Buhner
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <CBlackwill at aol.com>
> > To: <Twombly_marty at hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 9:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: hist-brewing: Re: Hello
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 00-08-11 10:41:38 EDT, you write:
> > >
> > > > i enjoy mead but not enouf to be stuck with 5 gall and my wife
> doesn't
> > like
> > > >  it at all.  we brew a lot of healing beers using herbs.  one of
> my
> > favorite
> > > >  is porter
> > >
> > > "Healing Beers"?  You've got to be kidding me, right?  If you've
> managed
> > to
> > > make a "beer" that can "heal", I will give you the Nobel Prize
> myself!!!
> > I
> > > knew that if I prayed hard and long enough, someone would tell me
> "beer is
> > > really good for you".
> > >
> > > Balthazar of Blackmoor
> > > (hands firmly clasped and raised to the heavens in awe and
> gratitude..."
> > >
> >
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