Derby Malt (and beer)of the 17th century.

[foxy]

http://abetterbeerblog427.com/2017/10/28/struggling-with-1600s-derbyshire-strong-ale-part-1/http://abetterbeerblog427.com/2017/...600s-derbyshire-strong-ale-part-2-the-son-of/Came across this blog today, very interesting.

 

[peebee]

Yeap, came across his blog doing my own "deep dive" into 17th Century beer (ale). It's fantastically interesting, especially as I was brought up near Derby and hadn't a clue of all this. "Darbie Ale" was eclipsed by "Burton Ale" when transport links improved, but the Burton breweries still used Derby malt. (Burton Ale really was an "ale", not a beer).

Going back pre-Industrial Revolution explains many things like smokiness in malt (coke for kilning malt in 17th Century Derby!), how "ale" clung on (hopped ale that is), etc. For those thinking "how did they transport hops back then"; the answer is hops were farmed all over the place!

And that amateur historian writing about Derby is ... Canadian!

Ales and Beers (17th, 18th and a bit of 19th Century) - Home Brew Forum

 

[peebee]

I do like the little quote in the 2nd of those articles:

The Britans termed it by an old word “kwrw”

But it isn't an old word, it's a current one. Ask @Cwrw666 !

Okay, no "k". But true British folk have no need for "k"!

 

[Cwrw666]

Okay, no "k". But true British folk have no need for "k"!

True, no K in the Welsh language.