EDIT: Clearly, I read my own script wrong. For non-alcoholic, you boil at 100°C/212°F. Sorry for trying to get you to boil something at a temperature which you'll never reach.

@TheMrsBeej

3 жыл бұрын

Well that just sounds like a challenge to me!

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@felipellrocha

3 жыл бұрын

Not with that attitude

@hikingpete

3 жыл бұрын

@@felipellrocha *altitude

@alexdunphy3716

3 жыл бұрын

Just got to put the liquid under pressure then you can get it past 100 degrees

Finally a recipe which solves my main problem with beer: too few calories.

@gabescrazy5504

3 жыл бұрын

And my problem with butter. Too many heart attacks

@gardnerwebb3749

3 жыл бұрын

😏😆

@ThorsShadow

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! This is wonderful! I always felt like butter didn't have enough alcohol in it and beer didn't have enough fat and calories! Ah, the wonders of human invention!

@BrennanCh06

3 жыл бұрын

No lie, I made some, had a mug and a half, then passed on dinner. Good, but filling.

@nickkazarian3334

3 жыл бұрын

😂 hahaha!

400 year old buttered beer recipe: - add butter - add beer - wait 400 years

@MetalFire1998

3 жыл бұрын

4head

@jujularue7611

3 жыл бұрын

at that point you will only get dry residu if anything...

@gardnerwebb3749

3 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆

@FokC352

3 жыл бұрын

@@jujularue7611 This is what you would call, in plain English, a jest, or a joke.

@Cyriakx

3 жыл бұрын

That actually made me chuckle.

With "nog" being an old Anglo-Saxon word for ale, I would venture to guess that this recipe possibly formed the basis for what was later to become eggnog, switching ale for rum.

@FreebooterFox

Жыл бұрын

Soon as he mentioned eggs that was my first thought.

@Chuiboo

Жыл бұрын

Was about to comment the same thing!

@gaelstrarai

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, as soon as he mentioned the spices I thought eggnog.

@AnthonyLeighDunstan

Жыл бұрын

I remember reading somewhere that eggnog originated in England. They didn’t use eggs but exactly what Max says - beer and milk - and it was called something else (can’t remember now). It wasn’t until the deserters remained in the US and the United States became a thing that eggnog first appeared. I remember reading the brits didn’t have a lot of eggs to spare at the time so they used [edit] ale, not milk 🤦🏻‍♂️ - milk was a very important part 😂. Apparently Americans *did* have a plethora of eggs and subbed one for the other. Whilst writing, this whole thing doesn’t make a lot of sense but that’s not important. What’s important is I love eggnog and I’ll be trying buttered beer just as soon as we get our first snow.

@youngyoungmcgurn5088

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyLeighDunstan Genuine question: would you happen to remember the source for that? Because I'd like to check it out, as I have difficulty subscribing to the idea that the English didn't have a lot of eggs. Given how much of our cuisine requires eggs, it's not likely that we were running a shortage at that point. It's only really after WWII, when a lot of our trade was reduced and our infrastructure was damaged, that we experienced shortages in essentials like that, and had to carry on rationing until 1954. But back in the Tudor period, given the relative populations, and also given that this was most likely a drink that would've been available to richer people who had access to almost everything society had to offer, I doubt that eggs would not have been available to make this recipe.

Can you imagine how wonderful butterbeer was when they desperately needed extra calories?

@nathanielleack4842

2 жыл бұрын

If you were a dirt poor englishman plying your trade in town all day you didnt get much time to eat well. Those drinks must have felt so fucking filling and refreshing. Stuff like that you take for granted in the present day

@desertwaterdemon

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielleack4842 I was gonna say! Yes!

@Freakyjohnsson1

2 жыл бұрын

A peasant ate around 4000-5000 calories a day btw :)

@Cactus_fucker

2 жыл бұрын

@@Freakyjohnsson1 oh so when a peasant eats 5000 cals a day they're considered "starved" but when i do it im considered "fat" and im told that im "banned from shake shack" smh, double standards

@Freakyjohnsson1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cactus_fucker What you need to do is get those 5k calories from bread and beer like a peasant, then its socially acceptable.

Elizabethan recipe: Take a pot and put various things in it. When cooked, serve.

@quigz125

3 жыл бұрын

I gotta say this is not wrong. Lol

@ultimateninjaboi

3 жыл бұрын

@@wrongturnVfor most modern recipes are pretty different. They start with about a novels worth of tangentially related, barely relevant life story of the writer's grandmother's dog, alongside a mountain of banner ads.

@ultimateninjaboi

3 жыл бұрын

@@wrongturnVfor i was just making a failed attempt at a joke. XP

@slopcrusher3482

3 жыл бұрын

“Then add sugar”

@ian_b

3 жыл бұрын

@@ultimateninjaboi Don't worry, it didn't fail :)

_One pennyworth of nutmegs, beaten_ Jon Townsend : *heavy breathing*

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! The Nutmeg Tavern is all aflutter.

@ZoruaZorroark

3 жыл бұрын

saw that one, have a upvote

@Corinari

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@laurenbray8314

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!!

@IMJwhoRU

3 жыл бұрын

I literally L’dOL 🤣

Watching this 2 years in the future, and can definitely see how the channel has gotten more refined. Love the channel Max, keep em coming.

@TastingHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thank ya!

@FPSNecromancerBob

11 ай бұрын

Did he get that pewter pot?

@renaissanceredneck3695

11 ай бұрын

@@FPSNecromancerBob lol, don't know, probably.

Just a note (and someone else might’ve already mentioned this): Pewter contains the chemical element Lead (Pb) so it should never be used for cooking. You can find Lead-free Pewter, but it’s not necessarily historically accurate. In this case being historically accurate would result in Lead poisoning. Love the channel, please keep making videos!

@yudithcaron8053

Жыл бұрын

Also, a stick of butter = 1/2 cup.

@tactiti0n

Жыл бұрын

afaik, pewter only releases the lead with acidity though?

@ThatMoatman

Жыл бұрын

@@tactiti0n Beer is quite acidic

@thecryptofishist9565

Жыл бұрын

@@tactiti0n Lead's so nasty, I wouldn't mess with it. Especially if children are involved.

@MrVirus9898

Жыл бұрын

Yes good. Historically Accurate Lead Poisoning.

“If you try to make it yourself, tell me how it went” Instructions unclear. Got dunked in river by angry crowd.

@michaelfortunato3117

3 жыл бұрын

I truste ye are ableth to swyme well or elst thee coulde not have youtubed thine results of the most perilous ale-makinge--or perhapse thyne is a wytch and can summon demons and or spirits to saveth thee from thine watery peril!

@royalbloodedledgend

3 жыл бұрын

I tired it with a pint of Fullers London Pride. It’s not terrible, but I could see why it didn’t catch on. There’s some weird orangey curdling going on on the top. It’s quite sweet, and is slightly custardy . Probably good enough if your were living in the 16th century when there isn’t much choice. I wouldn’t recommend it. Just have the ale out of the bottle, waste of a good pint.

@TheeOK1

3 жыл бұрын

@@royalbloodedledgend sounds like you scrambled the eggs? I dunno.

@laritajohnson2300

3 жыл бұрын

Making it with Yuengling Black and Tan. Totally not traditional BUT it's my favorite beer so.... yea.

@alendonvaldor5808

2 жыл бұрын

@@laritajohnson2300 A yes, one of my favorites as well, a bit of a weakness actually.

Mine went quite well for the first batch. I really have nothing to say about this one, the tudors really knew their cooking and you've done quite well with this one.

@db336

Жыл бұрын

What beer did you use?

I made this for a Christmas party in 2013. Absolutely delicious, but it was summer of 2014 before my liver felt quite right again.

@JustinBobby-di9zt

8 ай бұрын

Lol, too much fat and alcohol in one drink?

Instructions unclear : Poured ale down my leather britches and sat on butter by the fyre.

@nexus5178

3 жыл бұрын

Oof.parchment

@howeyyadoing9070

3 жыл бұрын

Ouche

@insaneweasel1

3 жыл бұрын

So how did it turn out?

@jacksonguillory8114

3 жыл бұрын

_Wheezeth_

@DBDenzz

3 жыл бұрын

Cackle.scroll

I would advise going for a beer with low hop content, the Tudors didn't use hops in brewing, hops were starting to be used in mainland Europe as a preservative in beer but the English resisted this as they hated the bitter flavour the hops imparted to the beer preferring spices. Go with a Mild or Stout if you can get it as they tend to have a low hop contents and avoid lager and IPA which have high hop contents.

@keevansixx4185

3 жыл бұрын

Killians irish red or other malt beer....i make small beer with it using aguave sugar syrup and spices. works cold, steeped in the fridge for a couple of days to allow the spices to bloom, so no need to heat (though you will need to strain out the spice sediment).

@enkidu2562

3 жыл бұрын

Was going to say something along these lines. The American Pale Ale (Sierra Nevada) used here is probably not particularly close to the intended ale.

@IMJwhoRU

3 жыл бұрын

This sounds good but I’ve always disliked beer; all the ones I’ve tried have the same aftertaste. Do you think it’s the hops flavor that I don’t like? Are there any beers that don’t include hops? What makes beer, “beer”? I appreciate anyone’s thoughts. I was thinking this would be worth getting a pint to try making; cutting the other ingredients into thirds.

@spreadsheetgod6812

3 жыл бұрын

@@IMJwhoRU there's a huge variety of aftertastes amongst beers. if it's a bitter taste you don't like, more often than not it's a beer with a lot of hops, such as an IPA (India Pale Ale). if you're drinking Bud/Coors/Miller and it's the metallic taste you don't like, that's just because it's kinda crap beer. highly recommend you try a hefeweizen, they have low to no hops, fairly sweet, none of that metallic flavor. everyone I know that tries them likes them.

@presidentsnow7315

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that information. I'm sorry to say I know nothing about beer. Can you recommend a good English Ale available in the U.S.?

Beer at that time was very different from beer today. Brewing was one of the safest ways to deal with water, plus beers/ales had other nutritional benefits to them and were higher in calories which was important as most people at this point were doing hard manual jobs. Most beer consumed during the day at that time only had around 1% alcohol in it, hence why it was possible to drink it all day and give it to children.

@frankiefranklin9761

Жыл бұрын

I came here to say the same aha

@grannyweatherwax8005

Жыл бұрын

Also at the time of the Tudors, hopped beer was still relatively new in widespread use. Often their beer wasn’t filtered and might have been made with additional herbs. So it was different from what we drink now.

@sty0pa

Жыл бұрын

There weren't alcohol consumption laws ANYWAY, likely because children were basically regarded as small adults. But regardless of the amount of alcohol, kids certainly and frequently drank beer and wine. (Even into the 19th and early 20th centuries, this was a thing; kids lying passed out in the streets was one of the most potent justifications for prohibition in the US.)

@madhattermurasaki197

Жыл бұрын

@@xunqianbaidu6917 At this period of time water was often dangerous to drink. If you simply drank it you risked getting seriously ill or even dying.

@sty0pa

Жыл бұрын

@@xunqianbaidu6917 You don't really understand how germs work, and how prevalent germs were in water before the modern era, do you?

Funny fact I never read that butterbeer was sweet when I was younger so when the recipe came out for the movie I was bummed. I recently doing some research for old drinks and I stumbled onto this recipe on an old history website and I feel in love with it! It's actually pretty good. No one can convince me this wasn't what she was writing about in her book.

@prototypep4

2 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Flamel was an actual alchemist who worked on the philosophers stone too. Every account of butterbeer in the books matches this recipe far more than that sickly sweet shit they sell at the amusement park. Isn't it even described as being served warm in PoA?

@MarieGarrett.

2 жыл бұрын

@@prototypep4 yes! I really love the history snippets sprinkled in the books!

@Julia-lk8jn

Жыл бұрын

Well one thing for certain, given the Hogward's regard for student safety, serving this to eleven year old's would be the least of their transgressions.

@GogiRegion

Жыл бұрын

@@prototypep4 What they sell in the park is basically this but with cream soda instead of beer, and no eggs or spices. So basically this, but without most of the ingredients that make this recipe what it is.

@GogiRegion

Жыл бұрын

@@Julia-lk8jn I mean, characters do get drunk off of butterbeer in the books. The way they portray it makes it sound like it’s a half alcohol beer or something, since it’s apparently what house elf and lightweight alcoholics drink, but larger adults rarely seem to get intoxicated off of it.

I can confirm that in England if a pub sells dodgy beer we still put the landlord in the stocks and throw rotten tomatoes at them

@tracyhicks

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@katharinephillipsscherff4806

3 жыл бұрын

Huzzah!!

@roblamb8327

3 жыл бұрын

.... After pouring his ail (sic!) over him and preferably with the tomatoes still in the can. And leave his sorry carcass in the stock until either all the local rats/gulls/crows have finished feasting him or the patrons of nearby hostelries complain that the smell is taking the year of their beer!

@Kenfree

3 жыл бұрын

If there's two words I could steal from ya'll, they would be mate, and dodgy. all in on dodgy.

@MegaDavyk

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kenfree What you don't do "dodgy"? How else could you explain your Presidents or beer for that matter?

I live with my best friend, and I've been raising my little sister a few years now. They both go absolutely APESHiT for every piece of food you and Townsend have inspired me to cook! I went from a mediocre-average level cook, to decently proficient with all the practice too! THANK YOU MAX!!!

@lc9072

3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly wholesome. Thank you, made my night.

@jimmylittle9393

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about Gordon Ramsay 😁

@carolyndarley1045

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to The Club of Extremely Proficient Cooks! Its so exciting to hear when someone starts to see food more than merely an enjoyable necessity. The excitement of knowing you control the flavors and consistencies. When the food you create, illicits oohs and aahs from those tasting it. You begin to understand the Art and the Science of cooking. You find that you pass along your emotions of love. caring, etc. in your meals, and those who partake not only find the taste amazing, but experience a feeling of warmth, the afterglow of the meal is different..more intense. Drugged even. My dear, continue to unravel the mysteries of the hearth. Epicureal Blessings to all!

@MrKago1

3 жыл бұрын

as someone raised by his sister, the effort is what matters. when she gets old enough to understand, there will be no way to adequately express the depth of gratitude and respect. I'm not a religious person but screw it, I'll throw in a prayer for you two.

@rickfordmorningstar130

2 жыл бұрын

@Devilik yup, and cooking stuff like this got me way more into cooking in general! My sibling has since moved out, but now I'm cooking for all my homies pretty much all the time, both modern and "ancient" recipes. It was a nice trip down memory lane remembering this old ass post and seeing how far I've come was a trip. Thanks for reviving this post, Its the only notification I got for it, too.

I remember years ago looking up Harry Potter recipes like butterbeer. I don't remember it being anything like this! Now I gotta try it.Thank you.

@karenweiner1857

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’ve never thought that they way say, universal studios, interpreted butterbeer to taste was quite right. Based on the description in the books, I always pictured something more like this - a warm drink with actual butter and actual beer in it.

@elkwolf2888

Жыл бұрын

They just made shit up they could sell for cheap.

@stevenschnepp576

Жыл бұрын

Had a teacher who tried making it with root beer and butter. That's it. Root beer and butter. It was terrible.

I added rum, milk and cynnamon to the recipe and topped it with whipped cream. It's crazy how filling and tasty this drink is, it's wonderful, warming and creamy and it's perfect for autumn and winter time

One of my favorite parts of beer in English history is how it was instrumental to the first formal epidemiological investigation - the Soho water pump incident. There was a well in Broad Street that was contaminated with cholera (and kept getting people sick, as they did not realise water could be getting them sick, germ theory was not yet a thing. There were two water filtering servicing the area, one of which was more expensive (and had lower rates of infection), and one of which was cheaper and less effectively filtered, which was responsible for most of the infections. This less expensive water service owned the broad street pump. There was one significant anomaly-none of the workers in the nearby Broad Street brewery contracted cholera. As they were given a daily allowance of beer, they did not consume water from the nearby well. This is part of what got John Snow thinking that the water might be the issue. He solved the epidemic pretty simply: he removed the handle from the pump of the broad street water pump. People stopped getting infected, germ theory was validated, and the field of epidemiology was created.

@schoo9256

3 жыл бұрын

That is so cool

@atommi1

3 жыл бұрын

History of Beer documentary claimed, that it helped to decrease death rate a lot trough medieval ages.

@MoneyEyeGet

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@ChrisJ-mf7cj

3 жыл бұрын

IPostSwords how did the dude from Game of Thrones get to Britain? Better yet did he bring Ghost with him? Was this after he was made King In The North as he was scouring the countryside looking for people to join his Army?

@barkspawn

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't quite as simple as that. In fact, the council reinstated the pump only a couple of weeks later because the authorities didn't want to buy into the idea that illness could be transmitted this way as it was seen as 'unpalatable.' The cholera contamination in the water supply had died off by then though and so the outbreak didn’t resurface, but this actually had the effect of further convincing authorities that Snow’s theory had been wrong, impeding legislative and medical practice reform for months. History once again showing how politicians always love to fuck everything up for everyone else.

I made this a few years ago, and would describe the taste as a Tudor pumpkin spice latte plus hint of beer. I can see why they liked it, definitely a comfort drink.

@Julia-lk8jn

Жыл бұрын

Oh that actually sounds inviting. I tried one starbucks latte tea once, and I after a couple of skeptical swigs I'd finally isolated the taste: like somebody had made a tea from licorice candy. So I hope to make it to my grave without ever finding out what a starbucks /whateverAddedTaste/ latte tastes like. A 400 year old beer recipe on the other hand? Hit me.

@mcfixer9503

Жыл бұрын

the fun thing about this is, like he says, it's quite a variable recipe, simply for improving decent, but not great, ale. add less egg, less butter, a quarter of the sugar, even, and add more cloves and spices, if you want. find what *you* enjoy, whether you want it cold or hot, etc.

@captainkenzie6873

Жыл бұрын

What is a pumpkin spice latte?

@LycanFerret

Жыл бұрын

@@captainkenzie6873 Brewed coffee, steamed milk, and cloves+nutmeg+cinnamon+ginger.

@captainkenzie6873

Жыл бұрын

@@LycanFerret That sounds very American.

Fresh water was rare back in those days. Nothing harmful can live in beer. It was a way to make water safe, hence why so many British beers are low in alcohol. Safe enough to drink daily but not be hammered.

@juliettailor1616

Жыл бұрын

👌Same for wine for wine producing continental European countries.

@bethenecampbell6463

11 ай бұрын

A lot of foods were unpredictable in regard to safety in days prior to refrigeration and pasteurization. Also, creating a fermented beverage of some kind was a way of preserving grain. Ale, beer, whisky, it all works.

@akademikz23

11 ай бұрын

I've had food poisoning from beer.

@bethenecampbell6463

11 ай бұрын

@@akademikz23 Most likely from something served with it or contaminated drinkware. The whole process of making beer kills off pathogens and the alcohol makes it an inhospitable environment for germs.

@blutube9916

10 ай бұрын

@@akademikz23 Me too, I was sick all night, and the next day after 11 pints of homebrew.

I'm not a religious man, but bless your demeanor and simple instructions to understand this recipe. I can't wait to try it again. I wasted four bottles of good ale because it was a scramble

This sounds like something that should be available in a carton at Christmas.

@sads-owo

3 жыл бұрын

basically eggnog :-)

@bodyofhope

3 жыл бұрын

@@sads-owo I wonder if us lazy people could add some ale to eggnog, put it in the microwave and call it a day 🤷‍♀️

@1963pipo

3 жыл бұрын

Mary M And the butter and heat to melt it. No shortcuts for laziness here. Have a good day.

@hughmungus9481

3 жыл бұрын

you cam get something similar on christmas markets in Germany, never tasted it but it should be quite similar

@kyrab7914

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly he was like "I don't know why people did this" and I just went "bruh we have eggnog today and people love that shit"

"While I sit here and drink three pints of buttered beer" ah, the sacrifices.

Made this fantastically delicious version of "buttered beere" this evening!! The chill was in the air on one of our first autumn nights!! This recipe hit the spot!! We absolutely loved it!! Definitely a winner, Max!! Thank you for posting it and thank you for your wonderful Channel!!

Just made your Buttered Beere recipe. It was really good! Reminded me of a chai latte with a hint of alcohol.

if you go to any supermarket that carries "Sugar in the Raw" brand, that is Demerara sugar also: don't cook in a pewter pot, since it melts over a stove

@decimalexercise7154

3 жыл бұрын

What would you even do with a pewter pot then?🤔🤔

@sarreqteryx

3 жыл бұрын

as long as it's modern pewter, as a serving vessel? period correct pewter has lead, though, so it should only be used as a display piece.

@GeoffsSousChef

3 жыл бұрын

@@decimalexercise7154 isn’t pewter mostly just used as decorative pieces now?

@vdunbarjones

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, would not recommend pewter, low melting point, contains lead.

@LazyLifeIFreak

3 жыл бұрын

It will only melt if there is no liquids in the pot. Pewter has a higher melting point than the boiling point of water.

When he mentioned about being dunked into the river. The inability to swim wasnt the main reason actually. The average clothes back in that day were made of wool mostly, wool absorbs twice as much moisture and water, making their clothes extra heavy, and also the temperature of that water... yeah it would literally take the breath out of you lol easily inducing a panic state, easily leading to drowning, making drowning one of the leading causes of death back then... thank you for coming to my ted talk lmao

@ValeriePallaoro

3 жыл бұрын

You saw that history video on washer women, didn't you ...

@valeriaswanne

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, "drowning".

@phoqueme

3 жыл бұрын

@@ValeriePallaoro i loved that video, very informative, but I learned this in high school history actually

@gunslingingbird74

3 жыл бұрын

In ancient Babylon, if beer was made of a poor quality the brewer would be drowned in his own beer as a punishment.

@phoqueme

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunslingingbird74 that's beautifully poetic 🤣🔥

Made it. Delicious. Reminiscent of a thinner-bodied, foamy-topped, ale-flavored eggnog. Definitely recommend cutting sugar in half or quarter unless you have the sweet tooth of a 10 year old. Thanks Max!

I'm so glad that I stumbled upon this channel. History and food are two of my favorite things and you present them so well.😁 I look forward to seeing what else you come up with in the future!

Why is Elijah Wood's bigger brother teaching me how to make heart failure. I really enjoy your stuff so far. I've just seen your channel

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Great first name 😁

@juliegrey1113

3 жыл бұрын

At first I was like "why hellloooooo" then he made an Australian comment and I just laughed so I tried to actually pay attention and I really enjoyed the video 😂

@apal1257

3 жыл бұрын

That’s it! That’s who he looks like. I couldn’t put my finger on it.

@platinummannequin

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect comment.

@sarahmazzarrino9782

3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂 😂

I have never before seen a comment section with as much etiquette as this, everyone is so knowledgeable on beers and eager to recommend and supply observations and opinions. Congratulations everybody reading this on your exceptional use of the internet!

@taniaearle4457

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic isn't it. Im so happy here 😍

@geraldvanwilgen

3 жыл бұрын

Hear hear, it's as decent as the baking show.

@MadMaxV

3 жыл бұрын

i think coz everyone during coronavirus was making beer at home lol

@platedlizard

3 жыл бұрын

I find good comment sections are really the result of a good host. Like attracts like an all that

@MrEmiosk

3 жыл бұрын

When it comes to alcohol everyone are friends until you are not.

Dude you're channel is awesome. My wife is like "what're you doing?" " I'm tasting history babe!"

@THESIXTHEGG

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Your very real wife totally says these things to you. And you totally say things like that back to your completely real wife.

@tintin1271

Жыл бұрын

@@THESIXTHEGG are u a schizoid or something

@GarryAndrews_

Жыл бұрын

@@THESIXTHEGG just because you may not have a healthy relationship with someone, doesn’t mean Joshua Bunce doesn’t.

@baronvonbeandip

Жыл бұрын

​@@GarryAndrews_ Nonono, he's got a point. OP hasn't moved on from the accident.

I was recently in a church in Suffolk where some of the medieval wall paintings survive. In the depiction of hell was a portrait of a brewster who had been found guilty of selling watery beer. Quite right too. Will try the butter beer

"it's like creamy beer, with spices" - literally a summary of this video

Step 1: Make buttered beer Step 2: Set aside for 400 years Step 3: Serve

@spookable3873

3 жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear: I died on the second step

@bat6353

3 жыл бұрын

I died on the first. I'd rather not talk about it.

Omg I am watching this 2 years later and you have such a baby face 👼 😍 💕

I'm subbed, and have been for a bit, but haven't really seen many of your older videos. These are very nice, but I love the deep dive into history that you present now. Thank you!

Now I understand something I heard as a small child many many years ago. When someone was getting a bit too demanding or was seen as trying to live beyond their "station in life" they were asked "What do you want, egg in your beer?"

I don't know why this channel was suggested to me, but I've been binging it so way to go algorithm. I like this guy he seems fun to be around.

IDKW I keep watching this every few months. It's very comforting!

Oh I love to listen to your videos while I drive my truck… I am a truck driver and I just love listening to your videos listening to the history of the different foods that you are cooking… I just found this episode with a butter beer and I was always wondering how it was made thank you thank you so much for doing this episode

I feel like as an english person we do just heat everything and add butter, spices and an egg

@Sorcerers_Apprentice

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, it really improves the flavor of almost anything

@user-zr9hu3tf1y

3 жыл бұрын

there isn't a thing like that with tea is there?

@anavasquez5231

3 жыл бұрын

Very nutritious!

@rationalroundhead6739

3 жыл бұрын

Z well there is *now.*

@kittenmimi5326

3 жыл бұрын

What about your tea

i never drink alcohol alone. i always wait for the kids to come home from school.

@jsgwam

3 жыл бұрын

So did my dad

@Joe0161

3 жыл бұрын

As an Englishman, I can appreciate this lifestyle choice.

@jsgwam

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joe0161 havin a Stella with your daughter Bella 😎

@anuragvats3740

3 жыл бұрын

Who needs a professional beer pourer/taster when you have kids?

@LoganAntonick

3 жыл бұрын

European gang be like:

I just bought the cookbook. Can’t wait for it to arrive, excited!

0:46 I don't know what it's like now but children used to drink alcohol to. Stems from Victorian era where beer was safer to drink than water (the process of brewing beer kills bacteria). My roommate loves bitter Shandy, which is half lemonade and half beer, and was served to children when he was a child.

@vorynrosethorn903

Жыл бұрын

I Victorian times tea would be a lot more usual, though in both people drank plenty of water that they didn't know that it was the water that was unclean, they thought it was smells until John Snow in the mid Victorian period found the source of cholera.

There is a way to lessen the chances that the egg will cook while the butter beer heats. When it is time to add the egg mixture to the heated beer, take a little of the hot beer and add it gradually to the egg mixture. Then add this mixture to the hot beer gradually. By doing this, you temper the egg mixture by slowly bringing it closer in temperature to the hot beer. ~ Anastacia in Cleveland

This sounds so good. I'm going to weigh a 1000 pounds by the end of next month. Butter Beer for all!

@TastingHistory

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it. Each episode, my chins grow in number.

@lohphat

3 жыл бұрын

Butter doesn’t make you fat, sugar and carbs make you fat.

@Dogman_35

3 жыл бұрын

@@lohphat You mean like... the sugar and carbs in _beer?_

@lohphat

3 жыл бұрын

Dogman_35 Yes. That too but it’s a matter of degree between brews. That’s why I don’t drink it much anymore. Wine mostly.

@miqsh70

3 жыл бұрын

It’s pandemic time we are all fat and curly now, it’s ok!

love this channel, it combines my two favorite things: food, and history.

Just made this today with New Castle. Turned out really good. Pretty much exactly how Max described it. I used the sugar in his link.

@SevenStarBricks

Жыл бұрын

I just tried it with an oatmeal porter because I could not find Newcastle. Definitely need to find Newcastle tomorrow. It's OK, but it has a lingering bitterness at the end due to the porter.

AAAAAaaaahhhh come on! Seriously? There was a profession in the middle ages that consisted of going from tavern to tavern to taste the quality of ale?!?!?! That's becoming a NPC on my D&D games right now! 😜

@valeriaswanne

3 жыл бұрын

It's still a job today, but there's lots more paperwork. Definitely a bureaucrat's job.

@triplebackspace3623

3 жыл бұрын

I can see it now roving bands of dwarven taste testers run amok , and a band of brave adventurers hired to deal with them.

@MarcosAntonio-fl5ox

3 жыл бұрын

That job it exists till today XD. No beer gets out of the factory before been professionally tasted and evaluated.

@beanacomputer

3 жыл бұрын

Oh HECK yeah

@FlameDarkfire

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but think about how often you might end up drinking Skunky beer

As your local Harry Potter fan I can confirm that the butter Beer of the books indeed has some alcohol content, not enough for a 13 year old to get drunk on but a house elf will get drunk on it, as seen in the forth book. That being said, I really want to make this and have a Harry Potter marathon or something.

@williaml840

3 жыл бұрын

@Stannis Baratheon I mean, you could always remove the alcoholic content and then recarbonate the beer artificially.

@williaml840

3 жыл бұрын

@Stannis Baratheon Fair enough.

@smartstudyingdoggo9031

3 жыл бұрын

@Stannis Baratheon Monarchy based law be like:

@Robynhoodlum

3 жыл бұрын

Saw the title of this video and immediately thought of Harry Potter! Forget the crap they sell at Harry Potter World - This is awesome!

@attiasprouse682

2 жыл бұрын

Add RiffTrax to the movies for a better beer experience.

I recently found your channel by accident a few days ago. I find it interesting and inspiring. I am interested in trying this recipe as well as some of the others that I have seen. Keep up the interesting videos.

I made a butter beer a few years ago with a different recipe. It was very delicious and extremely filling. Definitely a Christmas or Winter festival drink.

Your content is good enough that I see a Food Network show in your future. Better than the stuff I see on TV, reminiscent of Alton Brown’s level of knowledge and wit. Really good.

@rickrollrizal2364

3 жыл бұрын

He's a white male. He's got lesser chance in Hollywood unless if he subscribes to the sjw lunacy

@mahna_mahna

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickrollrizal2364 Ah, go have some buttered beer and chill out. This is the nice, no bullshit comment section.

@rickrollrizal2364

3 жыл бұрын

@@mahna_mahna just facts

@joergmaass

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickrollrizal2364 Just BS...

@rickrollrizal2364

3 жыл бұрын

@@joergmaass www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8513727/Actors-writers-producers-warn-reverse-racism-film-industry.html "A revolution is under way. White actors are being fired. Edicts from studio bosses make it clear that only minorities - racial and sexual - can be given jobs."

"it's like a creamy beer... with spices... but really really good" hmmmmmmm for some reason I believe you... totally not because that's literally what it is

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

I do wish I had better descriptive powers 🤣

@thomashjelm2928

3 жыл бұрын

also quite eggy

@bonniesensai

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory he tells it like it is xD

@nathanvalle6997

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory How close is it to eggnog? Im getting eggnog made with beer vibes.

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanvalle6997 Quite different actually. And really different from fresh eggnog which tastes pretty different from store bought.

Thanks for posting, Max. I planned to make this last Christmas and the holidays got away from me. Revisiting now since fall is in the air and I can brew this recipe first once the holiday parties get under way.

Just made the buttered beer, and it was a great success. Everybody loved it. Thanks for the recipe. Happy New Year from the Netherlands

The ale taster was also looking for watered down beer. Thomas Cromwell’s innkeeper father was frequently fined for watering down the beer in his tavern.

@tescoid

3 жыл бұрын

Presumably this wasn't just to discourage unscrupulous cost-cutting. Water was much more likely to harm you than beer back then.

@andrewlucia865

3 жыл бұрын

tescoid depended on the source of water really. If a village was near a very clean river/stream, or had a very fresh, clean well, they would drink water. if there were no easy to access sources of clean, fresh water, then you might see more minimally alcoholic drinks. people were well aware of what alcohol did to you back then, contrary to some perceptions of the era.

“I don’t know how to describe it” *describes it exactly*

just quirky, quick and the right amount of history, info & relevance i'll be back for more . . . well done young man, very well done.

Thanks for this! Learned a lot here. Plus love knowing the origin of Butter Beer!

A lot of the beer they would have drunk in the middle ages would have been small beers, which had a very low alcohol content. It was especially favored for drinking with meals, for children, and for servants (since it'd quench their thirst without getting them too drunk to perform their tasks). Great video! I'll have to try this recipe next time I have a Harry Potter marathon. :)

@IMJwhoRU

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know the approximate alcohol content of a small beer versus a double double or a big/large beer? (LOL don’t know what the opposite of ‘small’ would be in this case.)

@Anka1610

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was around 1.5-3%, but I'm not too sure. The channel Townsends has a great video on small beers and how to make your own, if you want to learn more about it.

@appa609

3 жыл бұрын

I'm under the impression that the term ale is usually used to refer to these weaker drinks while beer usually refers to the stronger stuff

@guguigugu

3 жыл бұрын

i think i read somewhere that small beer was even served in schools

@uglyzombie

3 жыл бұрын

@@appa609 Not the correct impression. In general, there are two types of beer fermentation. Ale, which is top fermenting yeast. Then there's lager, which is bottom fermenting yeast. Lagers tend to do well in colder temperatures, while ales ferment better at room temperature or just below. Within those two yeasts are all of the colorful styles of ale and lager: porters, Belgian Abbey, IPA, Flemish Reds, Dunkels, etc. In general, Lagers are better known for being lighter, lower alcohol beers such as Budweiser, Coors, etc. But there are exceptions to that, especially in Germany. They have some very strong, dark style Dunkel lagers which can reach 9-10% ABV. As for the "small beers" aka "table beers": They were very important during the middle ages because there weren't a lot of ways to purify water back then. The brewing process allowed for the purification and storage of the local water sources in the form of very low alcohol content lagers that essentially hydrated them. Yes, they could have just boiled the water without the whole brewing process... but you know. Middle Ages. Science wasn't much of age at that time.

I just made this! It's a really interesting taste, I can totally see why they would binge drink this. It makes sense, you want to gussy up the bitter flavor of beer, put some spices and stuff in it. Very creamy but the warmth is a bit off putting, maybe I should try again during the winter.

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll definitely make it again around the holidays. It’s a perfect warming drink. So glad you made it!

@Warhawk76

3 жыл бұрын

Just keep drinking it, eventually it will taste like the best thing ever!

@danafatic1689

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory I was thinking the same thing. I am saving this so that I can try it at Christmas. I'm so glad I discovered your videos. Love them. Maybe I should binge drink butterbeer while I binge watch your videos. Hmmm....

@jainedeaux8034

3 жыл бұрын

On a really cold day, it sounds like it would be amazing.

Just made this, and though I am sure I didn't do everything entirely correct, it was absolutely delicious! Definitely something I'm gonna add to my autumn warm drinks! 🤩

Finally tried it today and the child inside of me who read HP so many times but always wondered about butterbeer now finally is at peace. Thank you a lot for that!

A lot of recipes like this make more sense when you're in a building with no central heat and it's 35°F. The calories are how you stay warm!

@scottydu81

2 жыл бұрын

It used to be an unspoken agreement that landlords would occasionally serve a hot toddy to their tenants during the wintery months

@sb_dunk

Жыл бұрын

For any normal folk out there, that's about 2°C

@LacoSinfonia

Жыл бұрын

@@sb_dunk funny you have to round up whereas 35° is a precise temp. Stay normal, bro

@LitCactus

Жыл бұрын

@@LacoSinfonia middle school comprehension skills 💀

@LacoSinfonia

Жыл бұрын

@@LitCactus dude that’s mean don’t say that to me :(((((((((((((

In the USA, you can substitute “Sugar In The Raw” (name brand) for the Demerara instead of Brown Sugar....

I just discovered your KZread channel and I love everything about it. You are awesome! I will continue to follow you. 😀

This sounds soooooooo good. I have to say I love your channel and you have a fascination with the same kinds if food and times as I do. and yes my favorite Era was also the Viking Era. can't wait to try this out.

I'm sitting in beer right now.

@TastingHistory

4 жыл бұрын

All the more disturbing that you don't drink it.

@A_Simple_Neurose

3 жыл бұрын

@@trashpanda8437 Gamer Girl Bath Beer

@TheBullof7battles

3 жыл бұрын

Beer is sitting in me...

@PetroPoo

3 жыл бұрын

Now, now... we don't know that Ray hasn't 'processed' it first...

Ive just made this and i gotta say i love it. It was a bit too sweet with half a lb of demerara sugar but i figure to tweak it a bit next time. I ised newcastle brown ale and it does the trick. I will try other british beers next time. Thanks for the awesome recipe!

Thanks for sharing the recipe. The city of Warburg seems to have a document about the bench test. It refers to testing double beer and the bench has to stick to indicate good beer.

I just watched this episode and it reminds me of what I drink daily with the huge exception that it’s with coffee, called Bullet Proof Coffee and with butter it’s so good. Love your channel BTW.

As a culinary student, I must say I need this in my life and career. The history of almost every food and how they were made from the ancient days. New subscriber here!

@jacksonfitzsimmons4253

2 жыл бұрын

Kyle Rittenhouse

@darkjester360

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonfitzsimmons4253 why?

@alimantado373

Жыл бұрын

Then find an authentic European recipe site, America is too young to know any of these recipes.

@capitannerevar7792

Жыл бұрын

...

Made this today, top stuff. Very high calories, one mug and I was full for the evening. Thanks, and cheers! 🍻

@RonJohn63

3 жыл бұрын

That was probably a good thing 400 years ago.

I would definitely try this as a Christmas or New Years drink. Yum.

Max, you’re awesome. Thank you. 🙌🏻

@TastingHistory

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support MD

Fun fact: mulling beer, just like wine and cider, was also done because... well, it tastes *_really_* good.

@SobrietyandSolace

3 жыл бұрын

I think the spices help ward off and relieve colds as well.

@RaspK

3 жыл бұрын

@@SobrietyandSolace True, and more so very much believed to cure them, at the time, or at least *_really_* help with the symptoms. See "body humours" and "four elements" - spices were considered hot food items, and their heat would thereby cut against the cold that made you sick. Remove the cold, cure the sickness. (Which is why doctors actually advised against eating various fruit, as their freshness and moisture content was deemed to be indicative of being cold food items. Fun fact: water, in the elemental theory of the time, was not most characterized as being wet, ironically, but cold. As in, every element had two characteristics, one of them being primary; and because of the arrangement of the elements in opposition, since fire was *_clearly_* more hot than dry, that could only mean that water would have to be more cold than wet... Stupid as that sounds.)

made some of this for a christmas party last year, came out great!

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Oh good!

@LJBSullivan

Жыл бұрын

Like the beard better.

@ishihara2005

Жыл бұрын

Definitely clean-shaven!

@BasicPsychology101

Жыл бұрын

FYI, ethanol boils off / rapid-evaporates at a lower temp than water. So if you're at a simmering temp, you are indeed boiling out the ethanol. It doesn't take long to boil it out so I reccomend throwing in some rum at the very end of cooking it..... I must make this now. 😆

I will be making this at Christmas this year. Thank you for the recipe

I suspect the butter beer in Harry Potter is based on this. Absolutely fascinating! Thanks Max. ☺️It looks exactly how I’ve always imagined it to look when reading Harry Potter.

I thought I'd throw in a Euro reference in on the alcohol thing... I was stationed in Germany in the early 1980's, and there was a kids drink that we all loved in the summertime... It was called a "Radler" Which was a lot like an Arnold Palmer, but instead of Tea, it was half Beer, and half Lemonade. Now since the German Pilsners were on average around 10 or 12% alcohol, that would put these half liter mugs at being 5 to 6% alcohol by volume... as a kids drink.

@GS-ny1ll

3 жыл бұрын

Duncan Mac Raven I mean maybe the times have changed, but I wouldn't call it a kids drink. You can drink it at the age of 16 (that's what the law says), but it is still an alcoholic beverage.

@MrEmiosk

3 жыл бұрын

back in the day you drank wine as a staple drink. Kids and adults. On the other hand they did have a bunch of social taboos about getting blistering drunk during the day, so they often watered their wine. It extended the wine supply AND made you able to drink more, then again water is a good taste enhancer in drinks from whiskeys wines beers, so it wasn't too much of a problem.

@AnnabelSmyth

3 жыл бұрын

"Radler" is called shandy in the UK, and is very popular - beer, usually lager, mixed with either lemonade or ginger beer. I dislike it, but many people love it. But it is not a children's drink, unless made with non-alcoholic beer.

@fuhrab

3 жыл бұрын

In Schwabia (Stuttgart region), there are Cola Weizens which are made with the local Hefeweizen and cola (betcha couldn't figure that out on your own, lol). Oddly amazing beverages.

@AnnabelSmyth

3 жыл бұрын

@@mann8557 Easy enough to make at home!

“A good British beer” *pours in Sierra Nevada*

@darkzerk7

3 жыл бұрын

@The Magic Hispanic But it's not necessarily good. Most ales and stouts taste like crap. The good ones are quite expensive.

@pandaman5869

3 жыл бұрын

What's a good british ale

@witmoreluke

3 жыл бұрын

@@pandaman5869 An absolutely okay (but not stellar) british ale is Newcastle Brown Ale, it's perfectly acceptable and it's got a nice mellow taste that I think would go well in this recipe. I bring it up because you can find it in most places in the world without having to go to a specialty store.

@pandaman5869

3 жыл бұрын

@@witmoreluke thanks

@-Amiya-

3 жыл бұрын

sierra nevada makes mostly IPA's , and they are gross

The like and subscribe plug in this video is fantastic and I appreciate how smooth that transition was into it bro

Man, watching his old videos shows how much he has improved. Still though, love the buttered beer recipe.

Finished High School 4 years ago and History was my favourite subject. Ancient and Modern, I was sucked in. I've lost that passion over these years a bit but finding this channel is rekindling it. Love your work!

@gunslingingbird74

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck, kid, if you just finished high school 4 years ago, you would think my high school graduation WAS ancient history! 😆

Every year on Martlemass (aka St. Martin’s day), I make a meal based on medieval recipes, and this drink is perfect! Can’t wait to try it out! Subscribed.

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

When you do, I’d love to see pictures!

@talosheeg

3 жыл бұрын

Can I join you?! I'll book a ticket to the UK, that sounds awesome!

@mikemackay86

3 жыл бұрын

Call it Mirtle's Martlemass Mash

@pelicanseaweed5818

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikemackay86 Maybe Mirtlemass?

i plan on doing this this fall. thanks for the recipe.

Yippee....I can think of a number of experiments to play with this curious recipe. Thx!

This is the first Tasting History dish I decided to try myself! It's sooo good!!! Rich and decadent like I never imagined a drink could be. After watching the video, I realized I had every ingredient needed but the ale so I went to the convenience mart down the street and picked up a 6 pack of Revolver Blood and Honey. I made my own variations to the recipe; I added cinnamon and vanilla extract and I also cooked off the alcohol for the kid-friendly version he talked about so I could have a more authentic Harry Potter experience =D

@capitannerevar7792

Жыл бұрын

Cute

I’m so damn impressed with this channel. Seriously, well done sir, you really deserve more followers!

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hopefully they find me 😁

Thank you so much for this. I messed it up and it’s still really good

@pbsamanthamarie

Жыл бұрын

Everything is good with beer, right?

I just made this yesterday with my girlfriend since I like beer, she’s a massive Harry Potter fan, and it’s halloween season…. This was probably the sweetest thing I’ve ever drank in my life (made sense after remembering even with rounding down to 200g of sugar that it’s still an entire cup of sugar). Other than putting less sugar, we followed the directions to the letter and even got the fancy sugar and a neutral ale, but there was no way I was going to finish the pint I poured myself… On the positive, it’s definitely got LOTS of flavor, and in an interesting “this is a lot but I kinda want more” way. The strong slap in the face with flavors does make sense since this was created so pub owners could mask the taste of their stinky ales that were no longer servable. I ended up adding equal parts milk to what was left of my pint and found it muuuuuuch more tolerable. So I reckon this would be pretty decent at a gathering if served with steamed/frothed milk and in a coffee cup and NOT a pint. If you want a pint of beer, just serve yourself a pint of beer. For my cold days I think I’ll just stick to stouts or Irish coffees, but for now I’ve at least got a strategy for how I’ll finish the 2 pints of leftover butter beer (yes, even my sweet tooth girlfriend couldn’t drink it). I’d recommend people still try it, but be warned, this shit is up the butt sweet.

@Mikethealtarboy

Жыл бұрын

I just tried this tonight and felt the same way - we served it in small Harry Potter coffee mugs, and thank goodness. My first 8oz cup was fine, but my friend coulnd't finish hers - and I couldn't either! The sugar and butter were both a LOT. I might try less of both next time!

Hot take: this recipe tastes way better when you use a 50/50 mixture of salted and unsalted butter.

@TastingHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I bet you’re right on that. A bit of salt would liven things up.

@chameleonedm

3 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory It would have been salted butter back in Tudor times. Unsalted butter spoiled too quickly

@TessHKM

3 жыл бұрын

@@chameleonedm their salted butter wouldn't be anything much like the salted butter we know today, though. In the quantities necessary to preserve the butter, salted butter would have 2-5x the amount of butter we put in salted butter today.

@TheophilosPorter

3 жыл бұрын

I used salted on mine and it was delicious. But that was only because I didn't have unsalted at home.

@alexismontez4230

3 жыл бұрын

@@chameleonedm the recipe specifies sweet butter (ie unsalted)

Tried it, and highly recommended it. VERY good and quite simple. I have a feeling this'll be a Christmas favorite from now on.

Great episode, would love to know more about "Double Double Beer"

Thank you. Sounds like a great alternative to egg nog at Yuletide with a kids option, too! Well done.