Recreating 16th Century Beer with Susan Flavin & Marc Meltonville

<p>Today Neil talks to Susan Flavin and Marc Meltonville about recreating as close as possible beer from the accounts of Dublin Castle right at the end of the 16th century. This investigation is part of a much larger project called Food Cult, which is, according to their website “a five-year project funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://erc.europa.eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Research Council</a>. This project brings together history, archaeology, science and information technology to explore the diet and foodways of diverse communities in early modern Ireland. It will serve as a model for future comparative and interdisciplinary work in the field of historical food studies.”</p><p>In today’s episode we talk about the Food Cult project, the aims of the beer project, misconceptions about beer and beer drinking in the past, when beer becomes porridge, how to source 16th century ingredients and – of course – what the beer tasted like!</p><p>Follow Susan Flavin on Twitter @flavin_susan</p><p>Follow Marc on Instagram @marcmeltonville</p><p>Marc Meltonville’s website: <a href="http://www.meltonville.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.meltonville.uk/</a></p><p>The FOOD CULT website: <a href="https://foodcult.eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://foodcult.eu/</a> </p><p>Their journal article: <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/understanding-early-modern-beer-an-interdisciplinary-casestudy/76C118F73B8D35FED9E5B69CB3E966FB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/understanding-early-modern-beer-an-interdisciplinary-casestudy/76C118F73B8D35FED9E5B69CB3E966FB</a></p><p>There are 4 Easter eggs associated with this episode, to access them start a monthly £3 subscription.</p><p>Subscribers get access to all of the Easter eggs, premium blog content and Neil’s monthly newsletter. Visit <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/" rel="noopener