'Old' Homebrewing book

[akr71]

I walked into the office this morning and my co-worker handed me a book - "Home Brewed Beers and Stouts" (3rd Edition, 1970).

It will be interesting to see how conventional brewing wisdom has changed in 40+ years. Some of the recipes look like they might need to be tried and the section on 'Mock Beers' looks like a good read too (Cider, Beetroot Beer, Dandelion Beer, etc).

Here's the 'Birmingham Stout' recipe
4 lb pale malt (crushed)
1 lb crystal malt
1 lb roasted (or black) malt
1 lb flaked barley
1.5 lb brewing sugar
1 level tsp salt
3 oz hops
4 gallons water
yeast cultured from 2 bottles of Guinness
Method: Same as 'Birmingham Ale' (which I'm too lazy to type out right now, but its safe to say we'd all follow our own standard brewing methods anyway).

Some recipes specifically call for Goldings or Fuggles, others just say hops.

[GAM]

I love these old books. There are some very odd recipes in them.

Sandy

[Graham.C]

Good find. Next time I'm over I would love to flip through it.

[thirdeye]

That's a big beer for 4 gallons!

[akr71]

That's a big beer for 4 gallons!

Could be why the barley wine recipe is only a 1 gallon recipe. It should also be noted that its an English book, so those are Imperial gallons, not U.S.