Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Principal Dramatis Personae
- Introduction
- 1 The Curious Brewer
- 2 The Theorist and the Thermometer
- 3 Brewery Instructors in Public and Private
- 4 The Value of Beer
- 5 Chemists, Druggists and Beer Doctors
- 6 Professors in the Brewhouse
- 7 Treatises for the Trade
- 8 Analysis and Synthesis
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
1 - The Curious Brewer
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Principal Dramatis Personae
- Introduction
- 1 The Curious Brewer
- 2 The Theorist and the Thermometer
- 3 Brewery Instructors in Public and Private
- 4 The Value of Beer
- 5 Chemists, Druggists and Beer Doctors
- 6 Professors in the Brewhouse
- 7 Treatises for the Trade
- 8 Analysis and Synthesis
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
The late Curious Simon Harcourt … thought the true Art of Brewing of such Importance, that it is said to [have] Cost him near twenty Pounds to have an old Daysman taught it by a Welch Brewer, and sure it was that this very Man exceeded all others in these Parts afterwards in the Brewing of that which he called his October beer. So likewise in London they lay such stress on this Art, that many have thought it worth their while to give one or two hundred Guineas with an Apprentice.
[William Ellis]On 17 December 1662, the philosophical gentlemen of the Royal Society of London had their minds on drink. Christopher Merret, the physician, presented his collected observations on how best to manage wine in storage; Robert Hooke, newly appointed as the Society's Curator of Experiments, described the products of distilling common water; and Sir Robert Moray, soldier turned courtier, announced that he was preparing a study of beer-brewing in his native Scotland, which he hoped could be extended to cover ‘all sorts of ale and beer’. Abraham Hill, a wealthy young man who devoted much of his time to Society administration, suggested that a Mr Philips could help with this project, and might then receive a Fellowship. No such man was elected, however, and it seems the project was never completed.
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- Brewing Science, Technology and Print, 1700–1880 , pp. 11 - 32Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014