Library
Below is a collection of the books I own, websites, and links to resources I have found helpful in my research. Since brewing/vinting/brewed beverages are often included in culinary texts, I have included related sources that are not specifically about brewing. Special thanks to the Internet Archive, Academia.edu, and the British Library (among many others) for curating documents to which I would not otherwise have access.
This is a living page and will be updated often. Mention of a source on this page is NOT necessarily intended as an endorsement.
Books
| Title | Author | Editor/ Translator | Pub Date | Publisher | Original Date | Notes/ Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A History of Beer and Brewing | Ian S Hornsey | 2003 | RSC Paperbacks | |||
| A Short, but Foamy, History of Beer | William Paul and Robert Haiber | 1993 | Info Devel Press | |||
| A Sip Through Time | Cindy Renfrow | 1994 | Renfroe | |||
| A Study of the History and the Art of Brewing | J A Nettleton | 1883 | Leopold Classic Library | |||
| Alcohol and Civilization | Salvatore Pablo Lucia | 2021 | McGraw Hill | 1901 | ||
| Alcohol in Ancient Mexico | Henry J. Bruman | 2000 | University of Utah Press | |||
| Alcohol, A History | Rod Phillips | 2014 | UNC Press | |||
| Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages | Marc Shapiro | 1992 | Compleat Anachronist #60 | |||
| Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England | Judith M Bennett | 1996 | Oxford university press | |||
| Altbier: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes | Horst D Dornbusch | 1998 | Brewers Publications | |||
| An Early Meal: A Viking Age Cookbook & Culinary Odyssey | Daniel Serra & Hanna Tunberg | 2013 | ChronoCopia Publishing | |||
| Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created | Patrick E McGovern | 2017 | W. W. NORTON & COMPANY | |||
| Anglo-Saxon Food and Drink | Ann Hagen | 2006 | Anglo-Saxon Books | |||
| Beer in America: The Early Years | Gregg Smith | 1998 | Brewers Publications | |||
| Beer in the Middle Ages and Rennaissance | Richard W. Unger | 2004 | University of Pennsylvania Press | |||
| Belgian Ale | Pierre Rajotte | 1992 | Brewers Publications | |||
| Big Book of Mead Recipes | Robert Ratliff | Vicky Rowe (gotmead.com) | 2017 | self | ||
| Brew Ware | Karl F Lutzen & Mark Stevens | 1996 | Storey Books | |||
| Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human | Richard Wrangham | 2009 | Basic Books | |||
| Cider: Making, Using, & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider (Third Edition) | Annie Proulx & Lew Nichols | 2003 | Storey Publishing | |||
| Clone Brews | Tess and Mark Szamatulski | 1998 | Storey Books | |||
| Cooking With Beer | Louis Weber, CEO | 2021 | Publications International Ltd. | |||
| Daily Living the the 12th C. (based on the Observations of A. Neckham.. | Urban Tigner Holmes Jr. | 1952 | University of Wisconsin Press | |||
| Dave Miller’s Homebrewing Guide | Dave Miller | 1995 | Storey Books | |||
| De Re Coquinaria (Cookery and Dining in Ancient Rome) | Apicius | Joseph Dommers Vehling | 2021 | Dover Publications | 1st – 5th c CE | |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | Anonymous | Valentin Rey | 2024 | ? | ca 2100 BCE | |
| Essential Flavors: The Simple Art of Cooking with Infused Oils, Flavored Vinegars etc. | Leslie Brenner & Katharine Kinsolving | 1994 | Penguin Books | |||
| Farmhouse Ales | Phil Markowski | 2004 | Brewers Publications | |||
| Herb Drying Handbook | Nora Blose & Dawn Cusick | 1993 | Sterling Publishing Co Inc. New York | |||
| Historic German and Austrian Beers for the Home Brewer | Andreas Krennmair | 2018 | Andreas Krennmair | |||
| Historical Brewing Techniques | Lars Marius Garshol | 2020 | Brewers Publications | |||
| History of Food | Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat | 1987 | Blackwell Publishing | |||
| Home Made Beverages | Albert A. Hopkins | 1919 | Scientific American Publishing Co. | |||
| Homebrewed Vineger: How to Ferment 60 Delicious Varieties | Kirsten K. Shockley | 2021 | Storey Publishing | |||
| How to build A Small Brewery | Bill Owens | 1992 | Bill Owens | |||
| How to Cook Forsoothly | 1979 | Raymond’s Quiet Press | ||||
| In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia | Tate Paulette | 2024 | Oxford university press | |||
| Irish Whiskey, a 1000 year tradition | Malachy Magee | 2023 | OBrien Press | |||
| Liber de Coquina (The Book of Good Cooking) | Unknown | Robert Maier | 2023 | Self | ca 1300 | |
| Liber de Diversis Medicinis | Robert Thonton et. al. | Margaret Sinclair Ogden | 1938 | Oxford University Press | 15th c. | |
| Making Mead | Bryan Acton and Peter Duncan | 1984 | G.W. Kent Inc., Ann Arbor MI | |||
| Making Vinegar at Home | Frank Romanowski | 1984 | Beer & Winemaking Supplies | |||
| Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse | John Mallett | 2014 | Brewers Association | |||
| Modern Encyclopedia of Herbs | Joseph M. Kadans, ND, PhD | 1993 | Simon & Schuster, New York | |||
| Neurogastronomy | Shepherd | 2012 | Columbia University Press | |||
| New Brewing Lager Beer | Gregory J Noonan | 1996 | Brewers Publications | |||
| On the Observance of Foods | Anthimus | Mark Grant | 1996 | Prospect Books | ca 500 ACE | |
| On to Mashing | Frank Romanowski | rev 1993 | BWS Books | |||
| Radical Brewing | Randy Mosher | 2004 | Brewers Publications | |||
| Registrum Coquine: A Medieval Cookbook | Johanned Bockenheim | Marco Gavio De Rubeis | 2021 | I Doni Delle Mus | ca 1430 | |
| Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers | Stephen Harrod Buhner | 1998 | Brewers Publications | |||
| Smoked Beers: history, Brewing Techniques, Recipes | Ray Daniels & Geoffrey Larson | 2000 | Brewers Publications | |||
| Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly | Douglas Glen Whitman | 2003 | The Independent Institute | |||
| Take a Thousand Eggs or More (2nd ed. Vol 1) | Cindy Renfrow | 1990 | ||||
| Tasting Beer: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink | Randy Mosher | 2009 | Storey Publishing | |||
| Tasting History | Max Miller | 2023 | Simon Element | |||
| The Art of Fermentation | Sandor Ellix Katz | 2012 | Chelsea Green Publishing | |||
| The Artisinal Vinegar Maker’s Handbook | Bettina Malle & Helge Schmickl | Paul Lehmann | 2015 | Spikehorn Press, Austin, Texas | ||
| The Beer Bible | Jeff Alworth | 2015 | Workman Publishing | |||
| The Best 50 Homemade Liquers | Dona M Meilach | 1996 | Bristol Publishing Enterprises | |||
| The Closet of Sir Kenelme Digby Opened | Sir Kenelme Digby (b. 1603) | E.C. for H. Brome | 1967 | Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (reprint) | 1669 | |
| The Code of Hammurabi | Hammurabi | Charles F. Horne PhD Intro | 2015 | Hammurabi | ca 1753 BCE | |
| The Compleat Anachronist 188 – A Medieval Cookery Primer | Jeff Berry | 2020 | Society for Creative Anachronism Inc. | |||
| The Compleat Anachronist 5 – Handbook of Brewing | Mistress Arwen/Jane Sibley | 1983 | Society for Creative Anachronism Inc. | |||
| The Compleat Housewife (4th ed.) | Eliza Smith | 1730 | Townsends.us 2019 – reprint | 1730 | ||
| The Compleat Meadmaker | Ken Schramm | 2003 | Brewers Publications | |||
| The Complete Book of Herbs | Andi Clevely & Katherine Richmond | 1994 | Smithmark Publishing Inc | |||
| The Complete Guide to Beer (Illustrated Encyclopedia) | Brian Glover | 1997 | Lorenz Books | |||
| The Drunken Botanist | Amy Stewart | 2013 | Algonquin Books | |||
| The English Housewife | Gervase Markham | Michael R. Best | 1994-2021 | McGill Queen’s | ||
| The Essentials of Beer Style | Fred Eckhardt | 1989 | Fred Eckhardt Associates | |||
| The Forme of Cury | Master Cooks of Richard II | Samuel Pegge (ca 1730) | 2008 | Forgotten Books | 1390 | |
| The Homebrewers Garden | Joe Fisher and Dennis Fisher | 1998 | Storey Publishing | |||
| The Homebrewers Garden Second Edition | Joe Fisher and Dennis Fisher | 2016 | Storey Publishing | |||
| The Lore of Still Building | Kathleen Howard and Norman Gibat | 1999 | Noguska Press | |||
| The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing | Charlie Pappazian | 1984 | Avon Books | |||
| The Oxford Companion to Beer | Garrett Oliver | 2012 | Oxford University Press | |||
| The Viandier of Taillevent | Guillaume Tirel aka ‘Taillevent’ | Terence Scully | 1988 | University of Ottowa Press | ca 1326-95 | |
| To the King’s Taste: Richard II’s Book of Feasts and Recipes | Lorna Sass | 1975 | Fletcher & Son Ltd, Norwich | |||
| To the Queen’s Taste: Elizabethan Feasts and Recipes | Lorna Sass | 1976 | Fletcher & Son Ltd, Norwich | |||
| Ultimate Beer | Michael Jackson | 1998 | DK Publishing | |||
| Uncorking the Past | Patrick E McGovern | 2009 | University of California Press | |||
| Viking Age Brew: The Craft of Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale | Mika Laitenen | 2019 | Chicago Review Press | |||
| Vinegar: 1001 Practical Uses | Margaret Briggs | 2005 | Abbeydale Press | |||
| Whiskies | Dominic Roskrow | 2009 | Collins Gem |