Making 400 Year Old Buttered Beere

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Most people know Butterbeer from the Harry Potter books, but did you know it's based off an actual drink from Elizabethan England? In this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England. Follow Tasting History with Max Miller here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tastinghistorywithmaxmiller/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TastingHistory1 LINKS TO INGREDIENTS DEMERARA SUGAR - https://amzn.to/2W0TZHS BUTTERED BEERE ORIGINAL RECIPE - "The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin" c.1594 (or 1588) Take three pintes of Beere, put five yolkes of Egges to it, straine them together, and set it in a pewter pot to the fyre, and put to it halfe a pound of Sugar, one penniworth of Nutmegs beaten, one penniworth of Cloues beaten, and a halfepenniworth of Ginger beaten, and when it is all in, take another pewter pot and brewe them together, and set it to the fire againe, and when it is readie to boyle, take it from the fire, and put a dish of sweet butter into it, and brewe them together out of one pot into an other. INGREDIENTS - 3 Pints (1500ml/48oz) of good quality British Ale - 1/4 tsp ground ginger - 1/2 tsp ground cloves - 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg - 1/2 lb (225g) demerara or brown sugar - 5 egg yolks - 1 stick (113g) unsalted butter MODERN METHOD (Based on an interpretation from https://oakden.co.uk/buttered-beere-1588/) - Take 5 yolks and beat them wit

Published 2020-03-10 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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