Medieval Ales Revisited: The Continuing Debate about Hops and Gruit

Sponsoring Organization(s)

AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art; Medieval Brewers Guild

Organizer Name

Stephen C. Law

Organizer Affiliation

Medieval Brewers Guild/AVISTA

Presider Name

George Brooks

Presider Affiliation

Valencia College

Paper Title 1

Medieval Gruit Ales Revisited: New Theories about Old Beverages

Presenter 1 Name

Susan Verberg

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 2

Microbial Susceptibility of Hopped and Non-Hopped Ales

Presenter 2 Name

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan; Ben Rowley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Central Arkansas; Univ. of Central Arkansas

Paper Title 3

Hildegard's Cerevisiarius: Replicating the Ales of Eibingen Abbey

Presenter 3 Name

Stephen C. Law

Paper Title 4

The Gallic Origins and the Spread of Beer-Hopping

Presenter 4 Name

Max Nelson

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Windsor

Start Date

9-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 209

Description

Medieval Ales Revisited: The Continuing Debate About Hops and Gruit. This is a sponsored session that examines both our understanding of what the term "gruit" actually means, and whether or not hops' superior qualities led to the abandonment of gruit ales at the end of the middle ages. Stephen C. Law