2026 / Beer History / ResearchBeer History / ResearchПБПA study of a 1756 archival plan tentatively associated with the Bakszty (Bakshty) estate in Ashmyany County. The labels for kettles, the malt house, spirits stores and an ox stable suggest that brewing and grain-spirit production may have operated together at this estate complex.
Read ↗
2025 / Recipes and reconstructionsRecipes and reconstructionsПБПIn 1721, Gabriel Rzączyński described three wells in Grodno whose water was exceptionally suitable for brewing. We explore the city's water supply, search for its historic wells, investigate the Kuntz brewery and recreate a traditional dark Bock-style beer through experimental brewing.
Read ↗
2025 / Recipes and reconstructionsRecipes and reconstructionsПБПA historical study of gramatka, English Buttered Beere and European beer soups. Sixteenth- to nineteenth-century recipes, Sigismund I, Harry Potter, spices in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and an original reconstruction of a hot beer drink.
Read ↗