History...

[alb]

I am sitting in the country's first brewery in a museum. All the beer recipes have been gleaned from local documents from the 1850's and 60's. Hand-cranked grains, wood fires, copper kettles, etc. The spent grain is baked into bread and crackers that are phenomenal. They brew 5 days/week, one 55-gal batch/day. The brews are interesting... On tap today are root beer, ginger ale, cream soda, sour porter, coriander ale, and cask-conditioned Irish ale.

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[Kealia]

Just....wow.

[Inkleg]

Way too cool!!!!!!!

[Dawg LB Steve]

Way too cool!!!!!!!

Just....wow.

Um that ^^^^^!

[mashani]

That's pretty cool, I wanna go there.

Do they call their brew volume/fermenter a "hogshead" like the Elizabethans did? It's about the right amount. Large Elizabethan households would brew up that much very often too, very low abv stuff mostly - because the whole household - from the land owners / family / children, to the servants, etc... would all drink the stuff all the time. Usually anything made was consumed very quickly after it went into the hogshead - 3-7 days later.

[John Sand]

Super Cool! Where is that?

[berryman]

Everybody has already said it is way too cool alb, So I just 'gota say "Wow, Far out Man" That looks like a fun place to visit, thanks for sharing.....

[alb]

Super Cool! Where is that?

It’s the Carillon Brewing Co. at Carillon Park in Dayton, OH. It’s about a mile from my house. The brewers love to talk about the craft, both historical and present-day methods. I’ve been there a few times and it’s always fun to watch what’s going on. On the heels of the Industrial Revolution Dayton, along with Cincinnati, was a beer hub, with an influx of German immigrants and a movement toward city living. Since everyone drank it because the water wasn’t considered safe, the brewing moved out of private homes and into these brewing factories to meet the demand. That’s how I’ve understood it, anyway.

[Dawg LB Steve]

What a neat place to take a walk to and sit down and literally drink in some history!

[berryman]

I'm going to add this To my things to do bucket list - when I retire which is coming soon. Not really that far from me, a good over-niter trip.

[FedoraDave]

That's just the neatest thing! I seethe with jealousy.

::seethe seethe::

[berryman]

Super Cool! Where is that?

It’s the Carillon Brewing Co. at Carillon Park in Dayton, OH. It’s about a mile from my house. The brewers love to talk about the craft, both historical and present-day methods. I’ve been there a few times and it’s always fun to watch what’s going on. On the heels of the Industrial Revolution Dayton, along with Cincinnati, was a beer hub, with an influx of German immigrants and a movement toward city living. Since everyone drank it because the water wasn’t considered safe, the brewing moved out of private homes and into these brewing factories to meet the demand. That’s how I’ve understood it, anyway.

I love history, and beer/brewing is on top..............

[LouieMacGoo]

Very cool. I love history and being able to actually drink it in like that, totally awesome!

[JimH]

So cool alb!

[RickBeer]

You had me 'til Oh#o... .