Hello, Stevie!
You'll find a wealth of information about beermaking in Colonial
America in the library of the Real Beer Page:
The Real Beer Page: Brewing in Colonial America: Part I
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/brewing_in_amI.html
The Real Beer Page: Brewing in Colonial America: Part II
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/brewing_in_amII.html
The Real Beer Page: Brewing in Colonial America: Part III
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/brewing_in_amIII.html
The Real Beer Page: Brewing in Colonial America: Part IV
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/brewing_in_amIV.html
The Real Beer Page: English Brewing in Colonial America: Part I
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/colonial.html
The Real Beer Page: English Brewing in Colonial America: II
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/englishII.html
The Real Beer Page: English Brewing in Colonial America: III
http://www.realbeer.com/library/authors/smith-g/englishIII.html
For more information in depth, "Beer in America: The Early Years,
1587-1840" (by the author of the pages linked above) may be of
interest:
Beer Books: Beer In America: The Early Years, 1587-1840
http://www.beerbooks.com/cgi/ps4.cgi?action=template&thispage=1135&ORDER_ID=216638217
"Brewed in America" is widely considered as the best history of beer
brewing in America, from colonial times through the 1960s:
Beer Books: Brewed in America
http://www.beerbooks.com/cgi/ps4.cgi?action=template&thispage=1175&ORDER_ID=216638217
BeerBooks.com provides this list of books on the history of beer and
breweries:
Beer Books: Hot Sellers In Beer History
http://www.beerbooks.com/cgi/ps4.cgi?ACTION=psdbi&thispage=history.html&ORDER_ID=216638217
"Libations of the Eighteenth Century: A Concise Manual for the Brewing
of Authentic Beverages from the Colonial Era of America, and of Times
Past" looks like an excellent source of recipes from the colonial
period:
Amazon: Libations of the Eighteenth Century
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1581126565/postcardresource/103-6563336-1197417
Some interesting information is available on the American Brewery
History Page. Apparently George Washington, the Father of Our Country,
was quite a beer connoisseur!
American Brewery History Page: George Washington: President & Beer
Lover
http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/washingtonbeerlover.shtml
American Brewery History Page: George Washington's Recipe for Beer
http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/washingtonrecipe.shtml
Here is George Washington's recipe for "Colonial Porter":
Brew Your Own: Colonial Porter
http://byo.com/recipe/254.html
Another famous historical figure who had an interest in beer was
William Penn:
Beer History: William Penn And Beermaking in Colonial Pennsylvania
http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/williampenn.shtml
And here is an entertaining look at attitudes toward alcohol in the
18th Century, including this wonderful quote (attributed to Benjamin
Franklin): "Beer is living proof that God love us and wants to see us
happy."
Early America: The Spirits of Our Forefathers
http://earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/forefathers.htm
My Google search strategy:
"beer" + "colonial times"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=beer+%22colonial+times
"colonial" + "beer" + "recipes"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=colonial+beer+recipes
"beermaking" + "colonial"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=beermaking+colonial
I hope this quenches your thirst for knowledge about beer in colonial
times! If anything I've said is in need of explanation, or if any of
the links do not function, please request clarification before rating
my answer, and I'll gladly provide further assistance.
Cordially,
pinkfreud |
