Today, beer brewing and wine making are huge ... Today this ancient knowledge has been combined with basic scientific knowledge and applied toward modern production processes.

Period-correct brewing techniques and equipment — all carefully made by hand — also provided an authentic process as well as insight into the fact that beer-making required a variety of unique ...

Of course, once you get the taste it’s a field of infinite possibilities, so many enthusiasts go further into the realm of beer making with specialty ingredients and carefully controlled mash tuns.

Carbonation also gives beer a tingly or prickly sensation on the palate, and can balance sweetness and body to make beers more balanced and drinkable. Of beer’s four main ingredients – malt ...