A new year

The last months have been rather busy, mundane life has taken it's toll but I finally see an end to the stress and will have more time to focus on brewing and what I want to do with this. I have been brewing but not much, only 3-4 batches in about 6 months which is not enough by a longshot. Although I have been able to read quite a bit and learned more about the history of brewing and how it has helped (and sometimes not helped) human society to develop. I've read through two books with about 600 pages each and working on a third one with 700 pages and still have a couple more books to go so there is no shortage of material. And the long term project of learning Icelandic so I can read the Icelandic Sagas in the original language to find out their drinking habits and view on drinking and alcohol is still active, although a bit slow. Thats not the only reason to learn that language mind you, I do want to be able to read,write and speak a period language just for the sake of it.

The idea for this year is to publish at least one new recipe a month and a new article per month. I guess that sometimes there will be two months before a new article will be published but hey, it's a goal and it's not written in stone. A new section on the webpage will be opened for just that purpose.

I also plan to give some more lectures, perhaps during Double Wars if there are people interested, on the impact alcohol and brewing have had on human society. If not during events then perhaps when visiting Holmrike for fighter practice then it's possible to do it on saturday evening, I mean whats better to warm up for fighting than by having a few drinks with friends? Certain kind of beers can even be considered medieval sport drinks.