Debatable

Brewers' Guild

Here in the Barony-Marche, we debate many things about brewing. Such as ``What should we brew?'' ``Is that really enough?'' ``What should we drink?'' ``How much should we drink?'' ``Would you like some more?''
(To be fair, the emphases are on historical recreation, and quality over quantity.)

Meetings and members

We currently have a small but active group of brewers; Barak Ben David (called "Red"), Brandubh O Donnghaile, Grettir Halfskaeg, Leif Hjalmsson, Hrefna in heppna Thorgrimsdottir, She'erah bat Shlomo, and Tofi.

We have made beers, meads (both straight and fruited), and are trying our hand at wine. We also taste commercial beers and wines, and have been threatening to visit some local breweries and wineries.

Some recipes and documentation for things we've made

• Beer and Ale
  • NEW! Belgian Wit
  • 16th. C. style Beer
  • 15th C. English Ale for Fish (all grain) won the Beer & Ale subcategory of Ice Dragon A.S. XXXII.
  • 17th C. Apple Beer (grain and cider).
  • Dandelion Ale (all grain).
  • Scotch Ale (is not crrrrrrp) (all grain) (longer version) won the Beer & Ale subcategory at the Coronation of Christopher & Maurya, A.S. XXXIII.
  • Old Weissbier (all grain).
• Mead, etc.
  • Blueberry Melomel.
  • Plain Mead.
  • Lemon-Ginger Mead (a fairly rapid mead).
• Wine and spiced wine
  • White Wine and Clarrey (a spiced wine).
• Cordials
  • Horilka (a cordial).
• Misc. non-alcoholic
  • Lemon-Ginger Beer (a soda-pop).
  • Sekanjabin Syrup (for making an Arabic non-alcoholic drink).

Recipes and documentation by individual members

• Tofi's 13th century English Ale.

Miscellaneous things

• The handout from Tofi's Elizabethan Homebrewing class at Pennsic XXV.
• The handout from Tofi's Beginning Homebrewing class at the Robledal, A.S. 32 session of the AEthelmearc AEcademy.

SCA Brewers' Guilds

• AEthelmearc Brewers' Guild
• InterKingdom Brewers Guild

Other SCA Brewers' Resources

• SCUM, the newsletter for the Brewers Guild of AEthelmearc.
• Gregory Blount of Isenfir's Medieval/Renaissance Brewing Homepage.
• Cindy Renfrow's page.
• Cariadoc's Miscellany
• Brewing Pages of House Greydragon (Atlantia)

Favorite places to find good beer in Pittsburgh

• The Sharp Edge Beer Emporium featuring 50(!) beers on tap (many from Belgium) and real draught cask-condition ale.
• Penn Brewery.
• The Strip Brewing Company.
• The Church Brew Works.
• Chiodo's Tavern.
• For a much longer list, see Jim Mann's Beer in Pittsburgh page.