June 29, 2024
10 AM – 10 PM
Daniel Boone Homestead
400 Daniel Boone Rd
Birdsboro, PA 19508

Perhaps you are an accomplished homebrewer and you want to appreciate the challenges faced by brewers in the 18th Century who brewed good beer without all the instrumentation and modern equipment we rely on, perhaps you are a history buff and want to know just what beer tasted like in 1770, or perhaps you just enjoy a good story and some fine beer.  If any of these are you then you should join the Regimental Brewmeister for this immersion event and learn to brew like our forefathers.

Military expeditions were not possible in the 18th Century without vast quantities of beer (DON”T DRINK THE WATER!).  I will, therefore, be running a full, hands-on, demonstration where you can just watch, taste, hear, and smell the process, this is a full immersion experience!  Step back in time and join the team as we brew the wort for Spruce Beer to be drunk by the Continental Army. Beer was so critical to the health of the army that George Washington ordered his quartermasters in 1775 to provide each man “One quart of Spruce Beer per man, pr diem” in order to keep them fit for service during the siege of Boston.

This event will be a two part program. During the day, the Regimental Brewmeister will brew beer in the traditional manner. After 5:00pm, however, I will switch roles with the Admiral of the Blue Apron and become the tavernkeeper — SERVING BEER and cocktails. There will also be evening performances, talks, and all sort of jollification.

Want to have the
Regimental Brewmeister
at your site or event?

You can hire me.

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Published by Michael Carver

My goal is to bring history alive through interactive portrayal of ordinary American life in the late 18th Century (1750—1799) My persona are: Journeyman Brewer; Cordwainer (leather tradesman but not cobbler), Statesman and Orator; Chandler (candle and soap maker); Gentleman Scientist; and, Soldier in either the British Regular Army, the Centennial Army, or one of the various Militia. Let me help you experience history 1st hand!