Comments on: Welcome to the Beer Garden http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/07/08/welcome-to-the-beer-garden/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:48:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Lynn Chase http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/07/08/welcome-to-the-beer-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-47447 Lynn Chase Thu, 24 May 2012 01:14:17 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=7485#comment-47447 Fascinating article! I have a question that I am hoping you can answer, since you are a home brewer, please? Alecost ... "Its leaves were added to wort at the end of the brewing process" ... At the end of boiling the wort? Or at the end of the fermentation process? Also curious to know what process results in "malted" barley? Thanks so much! I hope to visit the beer garden very soon! Fascinating article! I have a question that I am hoping you can answer, since you are a home brewer, please?

Alecost … “Its leaves were added to wort at the end of the brewing process” …
At the end of boiling the wort? Or at the end of the fermentation process?

Also curious to know what process results in “malted” barley?

Thanks so much!
I hope to visit the beer garden very soon!

]]> By: Bryan Stevenson http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/07/08/welcome-to-the-beer-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-39027 Bryan Stevenson Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:49:59 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=7485#comment-39027 Thanks for your comment, Giancarlo! I have not been able to find any evidence of herbs and hops being used together in the brewing of beer in the Middle Ages, but that does not mean that they were not. The transition to hopped beer took some time, so it is entirely possible that herbs and hops were both included in some medieval brews. The earliest evidence of the use of hops in brewing comes from Bavaria in 736, where the Reinheitsgebot would later become adopted in 1516. So you can see that it took some time before adding hops to beer became accepted as standard brewing practice! Great question! Thanks for your comment, Giancarlo! I have not been able to find any evidence of herbs and hops being used together in the brewing of beer in the Middle Ages, but that does not mean that they were not. The transition to hopped beer took some time, so it is entirely possible that herbs and hops were both included in some medieval brews. The earliest evidence of the use of hops in brewing comes from Bavaria in 736, where the Reinheitsgebot would later become adopted in 1516. So you can see that it took some time before adding hops to beer became accepted as standard brewing practice! Great question!

]]> By: Giancarlo Annese http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/07/08/welcome-to-the-beer-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-38708 Giancarlo Annese Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:10:22 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=7485#comment-38708 Nice post! Is there any evidence of these herbs being used with or alongside hops anywhere? I wonder how quick the transition to hops was and if there were any attempts to combine hops with the already established brewing herbs. Nice post! Is there any evidence of these herbs being used with or alongside hops anywhere? I wonder how quick the transition to hops was and if there were any attempts to combine hops with the already established brewing herbs.

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