Beer and Brewing Resources
- "The
Brewer" by William Loftus, 1863: Scans of "The Brewer" are
still available on this internet archive site. A detailed look at mid-19th
century brewing, including chapters on IPA and Porter brewing. http://web.archive.org/web/20021216013241/
http://www.beerengineer.com/Historical/TheBrewer_1863/
http://web.archive.org/web/*sr_41nr_10/http://beerengineer.com/*
Only the individual page scans (not the zip files of 10 pages) seem
to be available.
- Transcripts
from the History of Brewing: JB Sumner's very useful transcriptions
of important brewing texts:
- Accum, FC (1820), A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and
Culinary Poisons, section “Adulteration of Beer” (69K).
- ‘Bickerdyke, John’ (1886), The Curiosities of Ale & Beer:
an Entertaining History, chapter “Porter and Stout” (32K).
- Child, Samuel (1794?), Every Man His Own Brewer, complete,
UNVERIFIED (47K).
- Cobbett, William (1850), Cottage Economy, sections relating
to beer-brewing (78K).
- Rees’ Cyclopaedia (1819), entry “Porter” (55K). Includes
a thorough and revealing description of operations at Whitbread’s
colossal, steam-driven porter brewery. Thanks to Martyn Cornell,
I now have a scan of the plate accompanying this entry (129K). It’s
much larger than the average screen size, so you’ll probably need
to make a print copy to refer to.
Accum has some very intersting analyses of samples of Porter and Stout
from around 1810-1919. And a good explanation of the difference between
Porter and Entire.
- Encyclopedia
Brittanica 1911: entry for Beer: A very informative article
about British beer just before WW I. Has tables detailing the strengths
of different British Ales and Continental Lagers.
- The
London and Country Brewer, 1736: A glimpse into brewing in
the early 18th century. Fascinating that they were already using isinglass
to fine beer.
- "Oeconomischen
Encyclopädie“ of 1773: A great source of information
on a range of subjects, it has quite a lot about beer. They reckon the
best beer comes from Bohemia and Britain, and gets worse the further
away you get. Only in German, I'm afraid.
- "American Handy
Book of Brewing , Malting and Auxiliary Trades", by Wahl
& Henius, Chicago 1902. I'm very pleased to see this book back on the
web. It describes American, German and British brewing of the period
in great detail. Packed full of useful information.
- Die
Entwicklung des bayerischen Braugewerbes im neunzehnten Jahrhundert
by Emil Stuve, Leipzig, 1893. In German.
- Kölsch-Datei:
a mass of information about Kölsch and the history of brewing in
Cologne, courtesy of the Kölner
Brauerei Verband.
- Internet
Bibliothek über das Kölsch-Bier: yet more historical
information about Kölsch and Cologne from the Kölner
Brauerei Verband.
- Brauerei
Schmitz: a German homebrewer's site with a collection of
good links to old brewing texts, some in German, some in English.
- Lehrbuch
der rationellen Praxis der landwirthschaftlichen Gewerbe. Enthaltend
d. Bierbrauerei, Branntweinbrennerei, Hefefabrikation, Liqueurfabrikation,
Essigfabrikation, Stärkefabrikation, Stärkezuckerfabrikation u. Runkelrübenzuckerfabrikation.:
1838, a fascinating look into German brewing before the lager revolution.
- The Durden
Park Beer Circle: "We are a group of dedicated beer
makers. Originally our main activity was based on the research, production
and appreciation of Old British Beers particularly from around 1840
- 1914 when a vast range of quality beers were brewed. We continue this
tradition and our aim is to produce quality beers of any type."
From the people who brought you "Old British beers and how to make
them".
- London & Essex
Pubs History & Trade Directory: lots of historical information
about London and Essex pubs.
- Historical
Directories: a searchable, digital version of trade directories
1750-1919.
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