I’m delighted to announce after seven years of research and writing FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND is here! Published with Nine Bean Rows, it is available for preorder now on my publisher’s website and at all good bookshops. About the book: In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside […]| braciatrix
Hi Friends, I know I have been very quiet on the blog lately, that is because I have been busy writing a book, well two books to be specific, but let me not get ahead of myself. I have been working on The Devil’s In the Draught Lines: 1000 Years of Women in Britain’s Beer […]| braciatrix
Wassailing. The name appears often this time of year, spoken in songs, or referenced in stories. But what exactly is it and where did it come from? There are a lot of good articles online about its…| braciatrix
Its scenery is not stupendous- scarcely even anywhere bold; but it is ‘beautiful exceedingly’. Its boundaries are not mountains, but hills of sufficient elevation to form a picturesque and striking…| braciatrix
I have been wanting to make a braggot since I first heard about them years ago. And now seemed like a good time to give it a go. I first thought of making one using a modern commercial beer, but th…| braciatrix
Historical beer cooking is back! And right out of the gate, I decided to make a medieval English braggot, which is not mixing ale with mead but is, in fact, mixing ale with honey, and then also may…| braciatrix
Happy Christmas Eve to all who celebrate, and a Good Yule and Merry Solstice. So continuing on my current kick of making all the hot ale drinks I can find, for this week’s task, I opted to make a p…| braciatrix
I made butter beer! No, not the wizard version, but the real late 16th and early 17th-century stuff made with sugar, warming spices, eggs, and, you guessed it, butter. It has been absolutely freezi…| braciatrix
I adore ketchup; love the stuff, put it on so very many things. Eggs, grilled cheese, burgers, nearly everything can be improved with a little bit of the red sauce. However, as big of a fan as I am…| braciatrix
On the back of last week’s Cock-ale, I wanted to make something I was a wee bit more sure about. This dish, Soppes Dorre, appears throughout medieval and early modern books about cooking. There are…| braciatrix
