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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. |
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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