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In my post about brewing a gruit at Beau's in Canada, I mentioned that I had a series of gruit grists for merdieval Holland. Some of you asked if I could publish them. What can I say? your wish is my command.
To be honest, these aren't all Gruits. Hopbier, unsusprisingly, was hopped. Bet you never would have guessed that, eh? Koyt I'm pretty sure was always a Gruit. The others without a specific name? Who knows. They could be either hopped or not.
Here's a table with all the details. The very last entry was the basis of the Beau's beer.
Dutch Medieval Grists
Year
Town
beer
OG (Plato)
litres beer
grain (kg)
oats
wheat
barley
rye
hart coerens
oats or rye or mesteluyn (a mix of wheat and rye)
1340
Delft
Hopbier or Turfbier
18.9
3725
1274
837
437
1404
Utrecht
Hopbier
13.2
3100
747
477
270
1433
Utrecht
Dubbelde Hoppen
20.3
2480
915
645
270
1433
Utrecht
Dubbelde Koyte
20.1
2800
1019
484
190
345
1433
Utrecht
Eenwisselen Bier (Hoppe or Koyte)
15.8
2480
714
484
230
1447
Utrecht
Dik Bier
18.1
2480
1018
403
270
345
1451
Utrecht
Dun Bier
11.5
2480
518
403
115
1491
Utrecht
Bier
19.2
2480
868
523
345
1491
Utrecht
Bier
19.5
3725
915
685
230
1407
Haarlem
Hopbier
20.5
1790
668
465
203
1407
Haarlem
Hopbier
21
1790
685
465
183
37
1407
Haarlem
Koyt
777
310
244
223
1501
Haarlem
Hopbier
19.9
1850
668
465
203
1501
Haarlem
Hopbier
21.2
1850
718
465
142
111
1407
Haarlem
Koyt
13.7
3950
985
413
203
369
15th C
Amsterdam
Bier
16.6
3100
935
336
240
359
1475
Naarden
Bier
18.6
2480
837
480
151
206
1484
Amerfsfoort
Bier
24.4
2480
1098
630
198
270
1484
Amerfsfoort
Bier
15.6
3880
1098
630
198
270
1488
Gouda
Bier
15.6
3820
1085
19 sacks oats, spelt, wheat, rye or barley
1513
Gouda
Bier
14.5
3950
1040
540
274
226
1497
Leiden
Bier
8.5
5120
794
180
294
320
1497
Leiden
Bier
8.6
4350
684
148
262
274
1500
Wijk-bij-Duurstede
Bier
23.8
3725
1615
650
408
557
1515
Zutphen
Eenvoudige Koyten
9.5
4970
863
348
183
332
1515
Zutphen
Dubbele Koyten
18.8
3100
1058
426
244
388
Source:
De Middeleeuwse brouwerij en de gruit by G. Doorman, 1955.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WKnmWnTv3jI/UJjt-A2TmsI/AAAAAAAAMY4/3POF5Qer7QQ/s320/Dutch_medieval_grists.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WKnmWnTv3jI/UJjt-A2TmsI/AAAAAAAAMY4/3POF5Qer7QQ/s1600/Dutch_medieval_grists.jpg)
Notice the crazy amount of oats in just about everything - as much as 80% in some cases. Only a couple of the Leiden beers contain none. You'll also see that none of the beers used a single type of grain. All used at least two and sometimes more. This was typical in all of the Low Countries, both what is now Belgium as well as Holland.
This has just been a short aside. I'll be back to WW I and/or Scotland next time.
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In my post about brewing a gruit at Beau's in Canada, I mentioned that I had a series of gruit grists for merdieval Holland. Some of you asked if I could publish them. What can I say? your wish is my command.
To be honest, these aren't all Gruits. Hopbier, unsusprisingly, was hopped. Bet you never would have guessed that, eh? Koyt I'm pretty sure was always a Gruit. The others without a specific name? Who knows. They could be either hopped or not.
Here's a table with all the details. The very last entry was the basis of the Beau's beer.
Dutch Medieval Grists
Year
Town
beer
OG (Plato)
litres beer
grain (kg)
oats
wheat
barley
rye
hart coerens
oats or rye or mesteluyn (a mix of wheat and rye)
1340
Delft
Hopbier or Turfbier
18.9
3725
1274
837
437
1404
Utrecht
Hopbier
13.2
3100
747
477
270
1433
Utrecht
Dubbelde Hoppen
20.3
2480
915
645
270
1433
Utrecht
Dubbelde Koyte
20.1
2800
1019
484
190
345
1433
Utrecht
Eenwisselen Bier (Hoppe or Koyte)
15.8
2480
714
484
230
1447
Utrecht
Dik Bier
18.1
2480
1018
403
270
345
1451
Utrecht
Dun Bier
11.5
2480
518
403
115
1491
Utrecht
Bier
19.2
2480
868
523
345
1491
Utrecht
Bier
19.5
3725
915
685
230
1407
Haarlem
Hopbier
20.5
1790
668
465
203
1407
Haarlem
Hopbier
21
1790
685
465
183
37
1407
Haarlem
Koyt
777
310
244
223
1501
Haarlem
Hopbier
19.9
1850
668
465
203
1501
Haarlem
Hopbier
21.2
1850
718
465
142
111
1407
Haarlem
Koyt
13.7
3950
985
413
203
369
15th C
Amsterdam
Bier
16.6
3100
935
336
240
359
1475
Naarden
Bier
18.6
2480
837
480
151
206
1484
Amerfsfoort
Bier
24.4
2480
1098
630
198
270
1484
Amerfsfoort
Bier
15.6
3880
1098
630
198
270
1488
Gouda
Bier
15.6
3820
1085
19 sacks oats, spelt, wheat, rye or barley
1513
Gouda
Bier
14.5
3950
1040
540
274
226
1497
Leiden
Bier
8.5
5120
794
180
294
320
1497
Leiden
Bier
8.6
4350
684
148
262
274
1500
Wijk-bij-Duurstede
Bier
23.8
3725
1615
650
408
557
1515
Zutphen
Eenvoudige Koyten
9.5
4970
863
348
183
332
1515
Zutphen
Dubbele Koyten
18.8
3100
1058
426
244
388
Source:
De Middeleeuwse brouwerij en de gruit by G. Doorman, 1955.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WKnmWnTv3jI/UJjt-A2TmsI/AAAAAAAAMY4/3POF5Qer7QQ/s320/Dutch_medieval_grists.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WKnmWnTv3jI/UJjt-A2TmsI/AAAAAAAAMY4/3POF5Qer7QQ/s1600/Dutch_medieval_grists.jpg)
Notice the crazy amount of oats in just about everything - as much as 80% in some cases. Only a couple of the Leiden beers contain none. You'll also see that none of the beers used a single type of grain. All used at least two and sometimes more. This was typical in all of the Low Countries, both what is now Belgium as well as Holland.
This has just been a short aside. I'll be back to WW I and/or Scotland next time.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-20684559756810270?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2012/11/gruit-grists.html)