Andyd
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ANHC 2010 Collaborative Experiment - Brewing Lacambre Style
Hey everyone,
If you don't already know (where have you been? Check out the website) Randy Mosher is coming out to Australia for ANHC in October this year, and as a part of it all we're proposing a collaborative experiment amongst anyone who cares to join in.
Randy has recently been translating a Belgian Brewing text from 1851, which describes a large number of the beers available at that time in great detail, and he's suggested that we ask people to give some of these ancient techniques a try as part opf a big collaborative experiment for ANHC 2010.
You can get the details here. Our own Lachlan Strong is helping with the translation, which you'll find here
What we're interested in here is how the techniques work, rather than specific recipes (half the ingredients would be impossible to find these days anyway!) so this is a great opportunity to break those brewing routines we all have and try something a little left field.
There will be discussions on the techniques over at the website, with Randy providing insight as the experiment develops.
Randy will be discussing the book and techniques at the conference, and who knows - your beer could be one of the ones Randy is serving and discussing on the day!
Randy says:
"Lacambre belongs to the community, and with the internet, maybe we can get the necessary resources to get through a few sections and brew accurately enough to draw some conclusions about nineteenth century Belgian brewing and beers. Then it will be up to the next group to move things forward a bit more. It always amazes me what homebrewers can accomplish, and I hope this project can serve as a model of ongoing global cooperation. We all have so much to offer each other--that's the beauty of homebrewing."
We're all looking forward to seeing what comes out of this effort...
Visit the website, take a look at the translations so far (or even help out with the translation effort), and be a part of the discussions and brewing.
May your brews be good brews...
Andy
