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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:48:09 -0600
From: Gary Phillips AKA Duncan Faramach MacLeod &lt;faramach@primary.net&gt;
Organization: Sinister Kid Brewery
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Subject: Re: hist-brewing: Re: Domesday Ale
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Greetings from  Duncan Faramach MacLeod,
I have been following your redaction of the domesday recipe closely, I
am well pleased to see so many informed minds turning themselves towards
such a worthy project. There are three other points that you MIGHT want
to consider. (you may also choose to ignore them! (grin))

First: In period people used whatever crop did not fail that year, what
you had an abundance of, you preserved in ales and beers. This could
easily explain the preponderance of oats in this recipe.

Second: Hops were used in period. Just one small bit of documentation
there is Gerard's Herbal, which lists them as being used for both ales
and meads. Digby also says
    &quot;Recipe 111
SMALL ALE FOR THE STONE

The Ale, that I used to drink constantly of, was made in these
proportions.  Take fourteen Gallons of Water, and half an Ounce of Hops;
boil them near an hour together. &quot;

there are many more examples, but I think you get my point.

Third:  I am currently working up documentation on period brewing
measurements, which has thrown a kink in most of my redactions. I am
finding some support that brewers used &quot;Old English Ale or Beer
Gallons&quot;  rather than Imperial Gallons. To make some sense of this, we
must first convert to a more usable form of measurement. &quot;Old English
Ale or Beer Gallons&quot;  rather than Imperial Gallons  we must first
convert to a more usable form of measurement.
Webster=92s New International Dictionary 2nd edition 1934 unabridged
States that 1 Old English Ale or Beer Gallon is equal to 4.62 Liters.  1
U.S. Gallon is equal  to 3.7853 Liters. Therefore, 1 U.S. Gallon is
equal  to 1.22 Old English Ale or Beer Gallon.  Also, 1 Old English Ale
or Beer Gallon is equal to 0.8193 U.S. Gallon.
Just some food for thought, Feedback is MOST welcome!
Duncan Faramach MacLeod
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     Gary Lee Phillips                            Virginia Phillips
     Duncan Faramach MacLeod         Gillian Warrender

               Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir

     &quot;He who Good Wine is shirking, is one of us no more...&quot;

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