Posts Tagged: Albany Ale Project
Albany Ale: Where Did The Creeks Run?
Posted by on Thursday, October 7, 2010 in - 28 comments
The neat thing for me with the Albany ale stuff is that it is all micro. It is hard to make generalizations or abstractions because this is about one place. Yet it is one place over 400 years. There are a lot of eras over 400 years, maybe each with its own beer. • And, yes, yes, I know I might …
Is Historic Brewing Taking Off A Wee Bit More?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in - 16 comments
Despite my initial thought from the headline that we were talking about a lost beer of the Old Testament, it did appear for a second there that a small brewery in Scotland was actually exploring its inner Victorian side: • Robert Knops took the idea for his new creation, Musselburgh Broke, from …
Albany Ale: Was It Beer Made With Spa Water?
Posted by on Sunday, October 3, 2010 in - 24 comments
I had read this 1827 letter published in The American Farmer but had not twigged to what it was saying about the water in the well being drilled by notable brewers Boyd and M'Culloch: • About the middle of May last, Messrs. Boyd and M'Cullock, commenced boring for water, in their extensive …
What Is My Methodology? Perchance Schmethodology?
Posted by on Friday, October 1, 2010 in - 4 comments
I have found myself wondering what the heck I am doing with all this Albany Ale stuff but I'm not too concerned. It is interesting in itself and I think it is informing me on a pretty interesting big picture question - what makes the Albany and the Hudson River so different from the St. Lawrence …
Albany Ale Project: Now We Have A Logo
Posted by on Thursday, September 30, 2010 in - 13 comments
It is always good to have a graphic designer on your side. Craig of Albany is an Exhibit Graphic Designer with the NYS Museum and, frankly, seems to taken on the hobby of making this project idea look far better and be better researched than I could ever have achieved. It may be a bit less than …
Now That It's "The Albany Ale Project" It's Serious.
Posted by on Monday, September 27, 2010 in - 35 comments
OK, if you have been following these comments, you will know that Craig of the New York State museum has taken a mad interest in the idea of Albany Ale. Which means it is now a "project" as opposed to a mere idle obsession. To that end, I have started to organize things a bit more: • First, I …
Who Else Is Trying To Figure Out Albany Ale?
Posted by on Thursday, September 23, 2010 in - 11 comments
Is it a team? I dunno. Maybe it is a project. But Craig "X" is on the job: • Craig - September 23, 2010 3:05 pm • I work at the NYS Museum and I am about to go find a book at the NYS Library to get "Ale in prose and verse" Gray, Barry, New York, N.Y. : Russell's American Steam Printing House …
Albany Ale: When Did They Stop Using Wheat Malt?
Posted by on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in - 5 comments
I came across this reference to the malting of wheat in a 1869 series of essays and reports called The Annals of Albany. Apparently one Peter Kalm, a professor from a Swedish university, visited North America from 1748 to 1750 making some sort of economic and natural resources survey. He made … read more »
Albany Ale: What Hops Would They Have Used?
Posted by on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 in - 9 comments
Remember Albany ale? Last spring, I found a number of references to beer being shipped around the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland to New Orleans as well as references to it being sold in Texas and even California. Not sure what it was but there was plenty of evidence that it was something …
First There Was Albany Ale... Now Taunton Ale
Posted by on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 in - 20 comments
I have a great pal with whom I have a recreational and professional interest in events in the Mohawk Valley of New York from around 1750 to 1785 and particularly William Johnson or rather Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet of New York. Johnson was the landowner whose tenants become rather successful …
