Recipe 2: Clare household Strong Ale and Ordinary Ale (batc

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Recreating Medieval English Ales

(a recreation of late 13th - 14th c. unhopped English ales) (designed and brewed by Tofi Kerthjalfadsson, Sept. 23rd – Dec. 28th, 1998) In medieval England, ale was an alcoholic drink made from grain, water, and fermented with yeast. The difference between medieval ale and beer was that beer also used hops as an ingredient. Virtually everyone drank ale. It provided significant nutrition as well as hydration (and inebriation). The aristocracy could afford to drink wine some of the time as well,…