Making 400 Year Old Buttered Beere

Most people know Butterbeer from the Harry Potter books, but did you know it’s based off an actual drink from Elizabethan England? In this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England. Follow Tasting History with Max Miller here: Instagram: Twitter: LINKS TO INGREDIENTS DEMERARA SUGAR - BUTTERED BEERE ORIGINAL RECIPE - “The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin“ (or 1588) Take three pintes of Beere, put five yolkes of Egges to it, straine them together, and set it in a pewter pot to the fyre, and put to it halfe a pound of Sugar, one penniworth of Nutmegs beaten, one penniworth of Cloues beaten, and a halfepenniworth of Ginger beaten, and when it is all in, take another pewter pot and brewe them together, and