On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:30:37PM +0200, Per Nielsen wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer > > Her står bl. a. at læse at i 1400-tallets England var ale synonymt med > uhumlet øl. Hvis det var humlet hed det beer. Utænkeligt i dag. :) Very interesting! It clearly states that "no hops, herbs, or other like thing be put into any ale or liquore wherof ale shall be made--but only liquor (water), malt, and yeast." - That kills my first theory that they used some other herbs...
Well, either they liked their stuff sweet, or it all came from the malts. As this was long before the invention of pale malts, they could have used some really dark (probably smoky) kind with lots of bitter tannins... Not something I want to experiment with, at least to this year... -H -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk
