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The Theory and Practice of Brewing by Michael COMBRUNE ( – 1773)
Genre(s): Crafts & Hobbies, Cooking
Read by: BettyB, Gren, Peter Musgrove, Christina M Clark, Foon, ToddHW, bpgower98, Adam Santoni, Pete McElveen, Valentina Vocelli, markevogt, Jennifer Stearns, Monika M. C., Ariphron, Lynda Marie Neilson, Lucretia B., Elsie Selwyn, Availle, Matthew Newell, Brian James, Chris Gray, Kathleen Moore in English
Parts:
Part 2 https://youtu.be/F3QgnUFABUw
Chapters:
00:00:00 – 01 – An Explanation of the Technical Terms
00:18:51 – 02 – Of Fire
00:27:33 – 03 – Of Air
00:34:27 – 04 – Of Water
00:52:18 – 05 – Of Earth
00:53:43 – 06 – Of Menstruums or Dissolvents
01:02:16 – 07 – Of the Thermometer
01:15:00 – 08 – Of the Vine, its Fruits, and Juices
01:37:00 – 09 – Of Fermentation in General
01:56:16 – 10 – Of Artificial Fermentation
02:08:05 – 11 – Of the Nature of Barley
02:15:36 – 12 – Of Malting
02:41:24 – 13 – Of the Different Properties of Malt, and of the Number of its Fermentable Parts
03:11:00 – 14 – Observations on Defective Malts
03:21:34 – 15 – The Practice of Brewing
03:29:18 – 16 – Of the Heat of the Air
03:46:10 – 17 – Of Grinding
03:50:13 – 18 – Of Extraction, part 1
04:17:21 – 19 – Of Extraction, part 2
04:59:26 – 20 – Of the Nature and Properties of Hops
05:33:12 – 21 – Of the Lengths Necessary to Form Malt-Liquors of the Several Denominations
05:37:30 – 22 – Method of Calculating the Height in the Copper at which Worts Are to Go out
05:49:17 – 23 – Of Boiling
05:57:21 – 24 – Of the Quantity of Water wasted; and of the Application of the preceding Rules to two different processes of Brewing
06:03:16 – 25 – Of the Division of the Water for the respective Worts and Mashes, and of the Heat adequate to each of these
06:31:41 – 26 – An enquiry into the Volume of Malt, in order to reduce the Grist to liquid Measure
This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr. Combrune was a master of his art. After reading his work on this topic, a glass of beer can be enjoyed on quite a different level. – Summary by Carolin
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