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Brewing & Distilling
From oude geuze to uisce beatha — the long way around.
Deep dives and field notes on fermentation and the still. 3 of 7 beverages live, the rest filed under the Historical Library.
Photo: Casks in old warehouse by yvescosentino · CC BY 2.0
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How to search
sten gun- pages with both words
"sten gun"- the words together, as a phrase
sten OR sterling- either one (
|works too) sten -replica- leave out pages that mention “replica”
Without quotes, the last word also matches longer words that start with it (sten finds Stenophylla), and close word forms count (rifle finds rifles). Tick Exact words to match whole words only.
Whole deep dives are listed first, then the pages inside them.
Beverages
Pick a craft
Live Distilling Spirits — from history & chemistry through the still tiers. Live
Live Brewing Beer — ingredients, the brewing process, and styles. Live
Live Mixed Drinks Cocktails — the one shelf here that spends alcohol instead of making it. Live
Coming soon Mead Honey wine. Coming soon
Coming soon Wine Grape & fruit wine. Coming soon
Coming soon Sake Rice brewing. Coming soon
Coming soon Cider & Perry Apple & pear. Coming soon
The workshop
My equipment
Reference The Historical Library 92 public-domain books on brewing, distilling & the allied crafts (1669–1893).
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