Lars Marius Garshol

Lars Garshol* made a great summary of the particulary interesting points: https://nitter.net/larsga/status/1745837887197745409 * his independent research into Kveik (yeast) and Scandinavian farmhouse brewing detailed on his blog and several books over the last 5 year has been among the most meaningful contribution to beer culture (outside of academic/scientific) work in decades. His blog: https://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/

This article is right, but also misleading. Yes, people did drink water. But they preferred to drink beer, and basically they drank beer for thirst if they could. And they did this not just in the Middle Ages, but into the 20th century. I wrote [a blog post](https://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/433.html) that goes into this in more detail.

> ...making such documentation available should be the core demand... not that they necessarily open source their own software... That would work only if companies could be compelled to release complete documentation. E.g., Microsoft even corrupted[1][2] the ISO standardization process to force through standardization of their OOXML (to take the wind out of worldwide efforts around standardization on the existing ISO standard, ODF) even though the OOXML Microsoft shipped _after_ standardization could not be implemented from the specification in the standard [2]. Forcing companies to provide source for a fully functional driver under a suitable license would prevent this sort of abuse from bad actors. [1] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070312083134403 [2] https://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/154.html

The consensus at the time was that one should only use Perl/Tcl for legacy reasons. And that these languages should be replaced with Python. A few examples, there were countless articles like these: 2000 Eric Raymond (!) - Why Python? > It was at this point I realized I was probably leaving Perl behind. ... For anything larger or more complex, I have come to prefer the subtle virtues of Python—and I think you will, too. https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882 2002 What's wrong with Perl: https://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/perl.html

The dried barley cakes reminded me of ones used for making keptinis beer, which is an Interesting roundabout process. Documented on Lars blog along with other old beer making styles: http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/394.html

try this : http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/http-tut.html

If you’re into this kind of thing, I’d like to recommend Historic Brewing Techniques, The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing by Lars Marius Garshol.[1] Absolutely fascinating and practical. It does focus on Norway to a large extent, but covers a little from other north-eastern European countries too. His associated blog is also great reading.[2] The author was really instrumental in the mainstream exposure of kveik yeasts.[3] Another interesting little book I have is Old British Beers and How to Make Them, by Harrison. Not medieval, but still some really great recipes for approximating a lot of old beer styles.[4] There are also some good blogs still around on this subject. I’d recommend Shutup about Barclay Perkins[5] as a good starting point. The most recent article there is about brewing a stout from 1812. [1] https://www.garshol.priv.no/download/historical-tech/ [2] https://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/ [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kveik [4] https://durdenparkbeer.org.uk/index.php/product/old-british-beers-and-… [5] https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/?m=1