Imagine a world where the History Channel had shows hosted by this guy instead of the current programming
@CallanElliott4 жыл бұрын
Imagine a world where the History Channel broadcasts history documentaries...
@edukid19844 жыл бұрын
@@CallanElliott They kinda do, except it's their fantasy version of history called 'Ancient Aliens'.
@edukid19844 жыл бұрын
@Juicelad I'm afraid you're mistaken on History Channel's current programming lineup being unprofitable. There IS a fairly stable viewership for shows like Pawn Star and Storage Wars - otherwise they would have been cancelled a long time ago. Truth is, with the en masse cutting of cable subscriptions by the American public, the niche audience who would actually enjoy shows like the Townsends have left the market. It's not a coincidence that the decline of actual historical content at History Channel coincide with the rise of KZbin and other internet-based streaming platforms.
@wlwd24 жыл бұрын
Concur. I would add Jason Kingsley to the short list of presenters.
@irahenderson78404 жыл бұрын
Char I can remember when they once did
@onogrirwin5 жыл бұрын
Ambiance so authentic I contracted yellow fever and died :)
@trolojolo61785 жыл бұрын
I'm dead too, but from laughing.
@sabrinefarjallah5 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@lilrice78655 жыл бұрын
That was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
@dvkevin5 жыл бұрын
Shoulda drunk your spruce juice.
@kahnaemery77675 жыл бұрын
:D thank you for the laugh!!
@BLS314 жыл бұрын
So you mean to tell me that my childhood of making forest potions was one or two cooking steps away from a tasty drink?
@mikesadillan58343 жыл бұрын
yeah, but please avoid "mud icecream"
@tankertom32433 жыл бұрын
Or poison . . .
@hiimryan23883 жыл бұрын
@@tankertom3243 the best looking pine is probably yew.
@y0h0p383 жыл бұрын
@@mikesadillan5834 Dude I litteraly remiember doing hte nastiest stuff every making "chocolate milk shakes"
@knottastu3 жыл бұрын
Or death
@PeteZa925 жыл бұрын
This channel is truly a hidden gem of KZbin.
@nic-hol-assgrain65745 жыл бұрын
I mean...... He almost has a mil subs.....
@natatron5 жыл бұрын
Peterson Hang it absolutely is!!!
@toddg.59385 жыл бұрын
Your so right! It's amazing to see and hear about 1700 to 1800 living, eating, and other ways or things people did back then to live. Plus the wearing of the traditional clothing of the time is a topping of the cake
@PrimalRenegade175 жыл бұрын
Deserves way more subscribers
@lostpockets22275 жыл бұрын
im going to demonetize this channel
@howtodrink5 жыл бұрын
Man this is awesome, I really want sip some spruce beer with you
@townsends5 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of that!
@wilhelmrayn5 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of both of your channels. A collaboration would be so interesting to see! Keep up the good work, both of you!
@nullskull-everything54955 жыл бұрын
Townsends now kiss
@justanotheryoutubeuploader5 жыл бұрын
this is the cutest thing on youtube I love you both
@TheGameGetterKuzuri5 жыл бұрын
Do it! Hang out and make some killer drinks!
@nightfeather94094 жыл бұрын
I like this guy because you can see there's a genuine passion behind what he's teaching, he has all this knowledge of a cool and fascinating history, and simply showing it to people makes him giddy. Love it!
@cleverusername93695 жыл бұрын
1 minute in: why am I watching this 13 minutes later: my life was incomplete before this and I still don't know why
@Shad0wBoxxer5 жыл бұрын
Dan Witzke im a sober alcoholic and its been 3 years since ive had alcohol. I watched the whole video.
@nickrussell47685 жыл бұрын
This is truly the most wholesome channel on youtube. In a world where everyone is jaded, Jon has such genuine excitement and passion for the content he creates. When he tries his creations or is making them, you can tell he is thinking about the people who did it so long ago, and what their experiences were. Thank you for making your passion something we can all enjoy.
@redbloodedamerican27433 жыл бұрын
I know I’m two years late but this is by far the most accurate comment. He really does enjoy these things. And I’m just now finding his content
@ed4wg3804 жыл бұрын
"A tad of the essence of spruce". Sounds like something i'd loot off a spriggan
@thatDUDEfromMAINE4 жыл бұрын
I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.
@clintthompson41004 жыл бұрын
No lollygagging!!
@jessejohnson87964 жыл бұрын
Gotta fight the Native American- I mean Forsworn. Gotta fight off the Forsworn to get to the spriggin though.
@craigmclaughlin87054 жыл бұрын
What, someone stole your sweet roll.
@davidjones83494 жыл бұрын
/r/unexpectedskyrim
@aleksmeetsworld68735 жыл бұрын
I like the whole "let's make a beer out of it" thought process
@alexandresobreiramartins94615 жыл бұрын
Yeah, even though I don't much care for them nowadays, I still recall the by far BEST sentence in all of Anne Rice's Vampire books: "Humans invented agriculture because they wanted to have a steady supply of wheat to make beer".
@JoeSkylynx5 жыл бұрын
It's oddly enough still followed too this day with moonshine. Lot of folks experiment with cattail, dandelions, honey, ect.
@jimbartosevich4985 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend making beer. It's a fun hobby. And if you want a modern spruce (flavored) beer try Pennsylvania Tuxedo. It's a saison that just uses spruce tips as an adjunct. It actually inspired me. I'm currently conditioning a Belgian tripel, but in fall I'll likely be making a flavored saison.
@CountryFriedChocobo5 жыл бұрын
@@JoeSkylynx We have a lot of fun in the South with muscadine and blackberries. Watermelon and peach are also fairly popular here as well.
@ChocorocK5 жыл бұрын
That's the whole of humanity when it comes to alcoholic beverages.
@Grahf05 жыл бұрын
6:23 "Let's talk about the other ingredients..." *Nutmeg has sent you a friend request*
@EmeraldEyesEsoteric5 жыл бұрын
Gajah Mada demands 2 luxuries and 10 gold per turn, for the Nutmeg
@anchorbubba5 жыл бұрын
@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric *adds research agreement. NO, THIS WILL SIMPLY NOT DO
@suecrazylady20005 жыл бұрын
hahahahaahahaaaa
@StephenWebb19805 жыл бұрын
I got a request from someone called "Whole Cloves"?...hmmm
@StephenWebb19805 жыл бұрын
Ya know, you could grow yeast from soaking mushrooms found on the forest floor, just make sure you don't grab any of the poisonous ones...or the OTHER kind of poisonous ones...who's down for some psychedelic yeast beer?
@alarin6124 жыл бұрын
"Let's make a beer out of it." The battle cry of humanity.
@Saipan22973 жыл бұрын
Aliens: invade earth Humanity: LETS MAKE BEER OUT OF IT Aliens: 😶
@ianfinrir87242 жыл бұрын
To alcohol: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
@falloutfart99172 жыл бұрын
Human’s two questions when presented with something new: can we use it to kill. And can we make drugs out of it
@RipRLeeErmey2 жыл бұрын
@@Saipan2297 The real reason aliens haven't visited Earth yet
@soulplexis Жыл бұрын
I think that may be more of a european thing but alcohol was in most cultures anyway
@mallac45455 жыл бұрын
Hearing someone dressed like that say "buy it on amazon" is jarring lol
@rustyshackleford82675 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@brandonfoy95835 жыл бұрын
hahahaha!
@ih82r85 жыл бұрын
Ye Olde Amazon sells everything. lol
@babablacksheep39505 жыл бұрын
During the time period they had to travel far down south to order stuffs from Amazon.
@drewgehringer78135 жыл бұрын
"look for it in Jeff Bezos' Catalogue and Almanack!"
@Cla_Clak5 жыл бұрын
When he mentioned Amazon I pictured a travelling merchant with a cart full of all sorts of crazy things to sell.
@MegaRazorback4 жыл бұрын
@@muadhnate wait...Corruption of Champions?
@riderfromthewest4 жыл бұрын
Ye Olde Hello Kitty backscratcher! For only 4 pence!!! 7 pence for one that doubles as a fire poker!
@winslowwidd794 жыл бұрын
I imagined a a poor settler making a harrowing voyage, there and back, to the actual amazon just cause he wanted to try one thing.
@nastynate12194 жыл бұрын
😆 cart rolls up, greetings I be Amazon a traveler from afar with goods and wears.
@aaronrichards28424 жыл бұрын
@@nastynate1219 do you accept coin for wares?
@Sleipnirseight4 жыл бұрын
This is so cool!! My friend is from Alaska and makes the most incredible spruce tip IPA. She won an award for it at her local home brewing contest!!! She has a pretty hair raising tale of picking fresh spruce tips and being charged by a grizzly
@LaughingMan444 жыл бұрын
Does she have a recipe?
@Sleipnirseight4 жыл бұрын
@@LaughingMan44 I wish! It's been years since I've been in touch so I don't think I'd be able to get one
@LaughingMan444 жыл бұрын
@@Sleipnirseight a shame, I'll have to figure out a recipe myself. Thanks.
@realMelonTusk3 жыл бұрын
I've a tip for your friend
@308dad82 жыл бұрын
Threat of death makes a lot of things more appetizing
@ahzekahriman58405 жыл бұрын
Me: The forest is made of beer? Townsend: No, that's not what I - Me: *Revs chainsaw* Yes.
@DivergentDroid5 жыл бұрын
Hell Yeah you can get Alcohol from the forest.. two kinds.. wood grain or consumable alcohol.
@MrAndyBearJr5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Nocure925 жыл бұрын
**Standing in clearing of fallen trees** **Scratches head** WTF, there's no beer here...
@suecrazylady20005 жыл бұрын
@@Nocure92 hahaha
@johnnychaos1525 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@goatvomit5 жыл бұрын
I smile every time I get a notification from you!
@MasterMichelleFL5 жыл бұрын
Me too, and I keep finding episodes I wished for, when I look through ALL he's done! Lol
@bighuge10605 жыл бұрын
As I do. I love this channel.
@ICoulntThinkofAUserNam5475 жыл бұрын
same :D
@AnAppleWithEyes5 жыл бұрын
James is just such a genuine and sweet dude. It’s refreshing to know there are wholesome kind people out there:)
@oldegrunt57354 жыл бұрын
When we were doing Civil War living history, my wife got into 19th century cooking. We ordered all kinds of gear from your magazine and she used to copy recipes from your calendars to cook during "heavy camping events". Love your vids and company, always recommend them to people into history whether they do living history or not.
@williamcarter19935 жыл бұрын
I really love this channel. Even though I don't eat or partake in all of these things, seeing people and food and equipment of the 17th and 18th century brought to life in such painstaking detail is a marvel to watch
@blindbunyon75405 жыл бұрын
AGREED
@raumfahreturschutze5 жыл бұрын
Just makes me appreciate how easy things are now. I drove 20 minutes and bought 2 liters of drink bottled halfway across the world.
@dogie10705 жыл бұрын
What a nice hobby to be a historian at the level he takes it to! Cool clothes, too ;o) comfy cozy!
@dogie10705 жыл бұрын
I personally think very highly of hobbies. But I've been around people who produce professional work but modestly call it a "hobby". This is a Scandinavian cultural quirk (Law of Jante). Sorensen is a common Scandinavian name, a clue to my cultural background. So no offense was intended. I agree that he has a wonderful role in preserving history and making it accessible for the general public.
@dogie10705 жыл бұрын
@@h0lystrike855 I really love his channel. He is the best I've ever seen! :o)
@MrPh305 жыл бұрын
Here in Norway Juniperspruce beer is much used, with or without alchohol, popular for Christmas and winter.
@K4inan5 жыл бұрын
Menar du julmust?
@MrPh305 жыл бұрын
@@K4inan Ikke akkurat men nesten , koker med einerbar istedenfor gran , der det er mye einer å finne .
@K4inan5 жыл бұрын
@@MrPh30 vad heter drycken i norge?
@bethfrazier4145 жыл бұрын
Juniper berries added to gin helps cure arthritis pain. Wonder the origins of this?
@bethfrazier4145 жыл бұрын
Added to golden raisins to power up the juniper berries!
@oldcountryman27953 жыл бұрын
The Continental Congress was really good at writing things down, like this list of provisions, providing them was another thing all together.
@Kelly-hh7jz5 жыл бұрын
Kids: "Dad, what happened to the Christmas tree?" Dad:.....
@aspektx5 жыл бұрын
As a little boy my family was getting ready on Xmas eve and I asked my mother if we could leave cookies and milk out for Santa. My father looked up from what he was doing and said, "I think Santa would prefer a beer."
@bryanmartinez66004 жыл бұрын
@@aspektx Dad: I'd like a Bud Light Son: I have no father.
@RR-xz6bv4 жыл бұрын
aspektx hey if santas lactose intolerant beers a good substitute
@omnacky4 жыл бұрын
"I drank it"
@Thicbladi4 жыл бұрын
HERPY DERPEDY yeah cuz as a kid I knew bud light was cheap crap as a kid what I thought tasted best was vodka although I didn’t drink much of anything I would just taste it like a tiny sip
@Nunyobidne555 жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping this channel going.....it really provides me an escape from our stressful lifestyle.
@CooterCoy5 жыл бұрын
Drink more beer.
@Nunyobidne555 жыл бұрын
Hhahaha cooter I love it
@KaitouKaiju5 жыл бұрын
I don't know, with all the disease and whatnot they were probably pretty stressed
@ih82r85 жыл бұрын
@@KaitouKaiju Probably they had too much work to do to have time to be stressed
@nickspitzley85393 жыл бұрын
People: IPA's are too piney. Colonials: Hold my beer
@kevingouldrup92653 жыл бұрын
love IPA's!!!
@alecminnis3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@savethesnails96083 жыл бұрын
never thought they taste like pine
@2strokejunkie6863 жыл бұрын
@@savethesnails9608 yeah not pine, more like hops lol, to each their own. My grandmother used to make both pine,spruce needle tea when we had colds as a kid, that I can drink..now a real IPA hell no!
@2strokejunkie6863 жыл бұрын
@@Seizurebleak To be fair I can't say that I haven't had an IPA that I didn't enjoy, but it was a rather mild brew as far as they go, but I can say I have tried some that stained my mouth with the bitterness for days, and gave me quit a sour stomach, hats to those who enjoy the rather strong flavor of bitter hops the IPA carries. I myself am more of a pilsner type of guy, I also enjoy a good stout Wich you might find odd being I don't typically like an IPA. Anyways 🍻 friend happy drinking 😎
@zachnies134 жыл бұрын
11:05 Brewer's advice here: NEVER dip your finger in unfermented wort after it has been boiled. You will introduce new bacteria which can spoil the beer
@thesmith2010522 жыл бұрын
Is it more authentic to the 1775 recipe to dip though? 🤔
@jimb0e1862 жыл бұрын
@@thesmith201052 it’s also true to the recipe to drink the infected brew and die of botulism without modern medical intervention
@thesmith2010522 жыл бұрын
@@jimb0e186 I would watch that video if this guy made it….”Ok now we are gonna drink the infected brew, Just like they did in 1775!”…
@plaguemarine77672 жыл бұрын
@@jimb0e186 ......maybe if you let the beer sit for months. But they were drinking this daily. No time for it to spoil boyo, if you get botulism from day 1 of your spruce beer, you reaaaaaally mucked up somewhere before you dipped your finger in....like dipping your still alive chicken in it. And then licking said chicken.
@walterstarmans24302 жыл бұрын
@@plaguemarine7767 after boiling you let it ferment for a couple of days. So introducing bacteria to a bucket of unrefrigerated sugar water can definitely ruin a beer, especially if you don't add enough active yeast
@JimCarver5 жыл бұрын
Jon, this came up before and I wanted to correct you on it back then but didn't have the chance: the amount of yeast you use per volume is not linear. All modern yeast is scaled to one to five gallons, i.e. you use the same amount for one as you do five, and even ten is not much more. The reason this is so is because of scale factors. In practice, it's almost impossible to use too much yeast and you do not want to use too little or the wild factors can take over. Two gallons is a very small batch as far as scale goes and you should add the full amount and not go under that amount. We need a fairly high population in all cases and this does not mean you can scale it with volume like you would a pie or cake recipe for example. I've been brewing everything under the sun for about 50 years now and you can believe me. What you say may sound intuitive...but it is not. The reason for this is the dynamics of dealing with a live organism and not a static ingredient.
@GavinTheEnchantedHunchback5 жыл бұрын
And yet you can do exactly what John said and have enough yeast for two batches of something, both of which will turn out just fine.
@Theboomdoctor5 жыл бұрын
Teach us boomer
@chuckschillingvideos5 жыл бұрын
@@GavinTheEnchantedHunchback When you speak of brewing, you can never say something "will turn out just fine" - because there are so many variables. Some of these variables can be controlled and perhaps even eliminated with modern brewing equipment and methods, and others not so much. Anytime you reduce the amount of yeast used to ferment a batch, you are lengthening the time during which bad things can happen - the lower the initial yeast population, the longer it takes the yeast to propagate to the proper population necessary to ferment the beer, and the greater probability that undesired organisms will find their way into your fermenting beer and out-compete the yeast for the fermentable sugars. Most of these undesirable organisms are undesirable because they produce very unpleasant odors and flavors. So your premise that splitting the yeast population is guaranteed to produce successful results is inaccurate and, in fact, quite a risky proposition.
@brentmillsop63555 жыл бұрын
@Gavin the enchanted, why so snide? I’m guessing you are a Bud Light kind of guy?!
@Pibydd5 жыл бұрын
@@GavinTheEnchantedHunchback True, don't you just love it when some know it all tells you you can't do what you've been doing successfully for years "because blah blah blah".
@DogmaBeoulve4 жыл бұрын
I hope you know, that you're an amazing man with a worthy passion. Guys like you are rare and a national treasure, these days, I think.
@andrewbishop29355 жыл бұрын
I love that they looked at a tree and said "I'm drinking this".
@censusgary5 жыл бұрын
Many 18th-century people never drank water, so they were always on the lookout for things they could brew into drinks.
@LegendofLaw5 жыл бұрын
I like they said that about other trees and it ended up poisoned
@Low_commotion5 жыл бұрын
@@LegendofLaw Just think, everything edible and many things inedible were once consumed for the first time by someone. It's a testament to humanity's curiosity and bravery (and, perhaps, it's foolhardiness).
@dylanmccallister18885 жыл бұрын
@@Low_commotion in other words. To be knowledgeable someone must first be stupid.
@Low_commotion5 жыл бұрын
@@dylanmccallister1888 In some cases, but it's likely most of the people who first tried things died. So I'd put it more like "Knowledge is built off the observations of the wise and the sacrifices of the foolhardy."
@creativemusicmakingworksho21284 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the old PBS shows I used to watch in the morning before school...
@TristisMiserabilis3 жыл бұрын
I just steeped some black spruce and am enjoying the tea for the first time since learning to identify the tree AFTER seeing this video. Thank you Mr T! Inspirational. God bless yous. 💚-A in Michigan
@wingy2005 жыл бұрын
I really love it when you brew/distill period beverages. More of this please!
@graced48445 жыл бұрын
native americans: hey we made a spruce thing so now you don’t have scurvy! europeans making it beer: _nice_
@Gamerkat104 жыл бұрын
If only they hadn't heated all of the needles.......
@peterbrazeal71713 жыл бұрын
Me: “oh hell yea bet they were stoked about spruce beer” 😄 *instantly remembers how alcoholism helped to destroy Native American society* 😕
@grukmccrymyselftoosleep70983 жыл бұрын
@@peterbrazeal7171 I guess they were a bit too stoked
@nancyeunike60223 жыл бұрын
Make the tea, not beer, if you're going for the vitamin C.
@111paolo23 жыл бұрын
@@nancyeunike6022 spruce tea tastes like eating grass, I'll take my alcoholism
@ethanyoung16973 жыл бұрын
Man I just gotta say you bring me a lot of early 2000s sunday TV programming nostalgia and it's amazing. Not only is it so comforting to watch your channel but it is also such a courtesy of you to show us the things you love and inform us about them and entertain us with them. Im totally gonna bake an onion. You're awesome.
@Orgosia4 жыл бұрын
I finally got around to doing this. I went with molasses and added a little anise extract. It came out tasting like a more savory root beer. The spruce really comes out at the finish. This has been really fun. I'm planning on making ginger beer next.
@greed05995 жыл бұрын
I love how he also tells you how to do stuff if you're using modern equipment.
@TheXComputerXDr4 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about this channel is all the little items, the cool containers for the spruce essence and molasses to metal poles you use over the fire pit to hang the pot from, I love it.
@DaveDexterMusic5 жыл бұрын
I know it's a tired cliche to call any enthusiastic, skilled proponent of an art the "Bob Ross of X" but Townsends really is the Bob Ross of vintage victuals. It's like being wrapped in a big blanket of knowledge and experience.
@roguishpaladin5 жыл бұрын
I think the litmus test is, "Would PBS in the 80s have made a show with this level of production quality, and care on this topic?" This channel surpasses that bar so well.
@kellybrown69885 жыл бұрын
He’s more like the Mr. Rogers of the 18th century
@romerobryan835 жыл бұрын
DaveDexterMusic tired cliche? I’ve never heard that before lol you’re all good in my book :)
@ceasedesist7034 жыл бұрын
DaveDexterMusic especially when I can’t sleep...now I’m multitasking 😂😉👩🏽💻🥂
@claytonkickflip75954 жыл бұрын
Read up on Bob Ross, he wasn't as chipper about the show or his signature haircut as you've been led to believe
@teeheeteeheeish5 жыл бұрын
Early Americans are so fascinating to me. So practical, resourceful, and ingenious. I think a lot of that spirit still lives in the interior and less built up areas.
@captainrex44035 жыл бұрын
My grandparents survived the depression with ways like what Jon shows us in the videos.
@MasterMichelleFL5 жыл бұрын
Its spread out everywhere, but many of us are covert about our lives, to avoid judgment. I don't use doctors or grocery stores.
@HungLikeScrat3 жыл бұрын
You lose about half of the vitamin c when boiling it, so a lot is still present in the beer. One thing you could do to retain more of the vitamin c, is simply make a tea by steeping the spruce in warm (100°) water for an hour and mix that in when you're pitching your yeast.
@johndemore640211 ай бұрын
Lol I was thinking get c By throwing in some minced spruce as a Garnish
@andrewlaco17769 ай бұрын
Dry hop it, but with nettles!
@keithkiebach81929 ай бұрын
And that’s what I decided to do so I could keep this “medicinal” 😂
@johndemore64028 ай бұрын
@@alienmorality 👍🍻
@johndemore64028 ай бұрын
@@alienmorality bucking for the generals job
@onehopeofthedoomed5 жыл бұрын
If you ever find yourself in Eastern Canada or more specifically Halifax around Christmas there is a brewery there Called the Garrison Brewing Co that make spruce needle beer during the month of December. There is nothing quite like it
@merlemorrison4825 жыл бұрын
yep, seen home made beer explode when capped too soon - Grandma did NOT approve of the shenanigans my uncles were performing in her basement!
@captainruffles59905 жыл бұрын
Gotta let it go flat/degas then "prime" it with a little sugar. If only your uncles had researched their hobby poor Grandma's basement might have been spared.
@mrcmoes5 жыл бұрын
It helps to ferment it all the way, and then add small amount of sugar to each bottle. Leave the bottles in water proof box for few weeks to age and carbonate. That way if any do go off, its contained.
@1337fraggzb00N5 жыл бұрын
Hank Schrader leaves the chat.
@sarahgray4305 жыл бұрын
My last batch of kvass blasted a hole straight through the top of the cupboard I had it stored in.
@greenlawnfarm58275 жыл бұрын
I have pancake syrup and a pine tree so i think i am going to make this in my bedroom. But i dont know where to get yest. Can you just grind up bread?
@glennfall82943 жыл бұрын
Looks great. I remember my grandparents mention they made spruce lung remedy. Fresh spring new growths were covered with sugar. It released liquid and was used as a sirup for cough. I have no idea how effective it was. It was for a family member suffering from "weak lungs" as they called it. Well, by the description it sounded like asthma. But getting a doctor in the WWII period in rural areas was not easy.
@YuckTradingCo5 жыл бұрын
So many people are gonna be walking around chewing on sticks and twigs after this video
@MrSab1775 жыл бұрын
The next cedar tree I see has my name on it.
@omgrussian5 жыл бұрын
@@MrSab177 Spruce, a sub-family of Pine was used. A number of Cedars/Junipers are poisonous so make sure you pick the right one...
@l0sts0ul895 жыл бұрын
@@omgrussian Oh....
@jeffreyculberth14405 жыл бұрын
Not me I'm in south texas. What is this spruce you speak of?
@frigglebiscuit74845 жыл бұрын
i dont think spruce grows in alabama....dang.
@TheLastHylianTitan5 жыл бұрын
i clicked onto your channel after finding my way to it (thank Mrs Crocombe for that), and i felt sad because one of the videos on your main channel was uploaded 2 years ago, and i worried that i was a bit late to the party and you guys shut down. But then I clicked onto your VIDEOS tab and lo and behold - you're here! with a fresh, hot video only fifteen or so minutes old! Yay! So lucky to have found this channel! Thank you for what you do!
@townsends5 жыл бұрын
Hot off the press! Welcome to the party!
@nicolerok41675 жыл бұрын
I came here from "you may like..." From Mrs. Crocomhe too!! As someone who used to go on vacation to colonial Williamsburg alot when I was a child, and loved it, these videos jog such great memories of the reenactments I saw there!
@jshaw15035 жыл бұрын
Your icon, Molotov solution?
@BigBoy-bx1dw4 жыл бұрын
I hope he realizes how much his content is appreciated.
@christophermiller34525 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or does this dude seem like the nicest guy on the internet? So wholesome.
@Rick_Sanchez_C137_3 жыл бұрын
United States Air Force Master Sergeant, retired, Robert “Bob” Ross has entered the chat.....
@Xaintrix5 жыл бұрын
I could watch colonial field cooking all day. Fascinating stuff.
@17thcolossus914 жыл бұрын
Imagine if u see a dude taking huge bites out of a spruce tree and shouts “ITS EDIBLE!!!” and hands u a huge chunk
@kanmeridoc17843 жыл бұрын
I'd try it. Back in highschool i was hustling toothache tree bark for classmates to use as dip. Principle freaked right out when he saw me open my jacket and pull out a little baggy of brown and green stuff and then exchange it for money with other students lol.
@onetrucksizedsalmon29623 жыл бұрын
I eat spruce all the time, taste excellent when shoved in a fish
@ThirrinDiamond3 жыл бұрын
@@kanmeridoc1784 they used it as dip? Like a sauce?
@kanmeridoc17843 жыл бұрын
@@ThirrinDiamond sorry, not a sauce XD. More like chewing tobacco. I guess Snuff is the proper term. I can definitely see how that would get confusing though.
@denisehenry15772 жыл бұрын
To spruce things up: -
@drumslayer275 жыл бұрын
Me: I should really be getting ready for work KZbin: welcome to 18th century cooking!
@uselesseater12485 жыл бұрын
that's what I said at about 12:30... now its 5....
@roberto31519915 жыл бұрын
Accidentally legit lost a gig this way once. 😂
@325aliceI4 жыл бұрын
I should be sleeping ...but here I am......😏
@Hans_Weber5 жыл бұрын
might try this, i live in finland and here is just the right type of spruce
@jkcarroll5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to let us know how it turns out. Hakkaa päälle!
@Etubnuel5 жыл бұрын
Hm.. I'm thinking about trying it out myself. But in Sweden we mostly have picea abies, wich I would guess is the case in Soumi too, but the frontier beer prefers the black spruce, picea mariana. I wonder if there is a big difference between the spruces tastewise?
@theswedishpanda38974 жыл бұрын
@@Etubnuel smaken är väldigt lik blir ingen märkbar skillnad
@Etubnuel4 жыл бұрын
@@theswedishpanda3897 vad bra! då blir det till å brygga nu i år, så fort skotten vuxit till sig. Tack för svar!
@smogdanoff70534 жыл бұрын
Var hälsade medsvenskar
@fergus2472 жыл бұрын
Hello from Denmark. We use spruce as christmas trees and there is a famous christmas carol that talks about eating the tree. For so long i thought that made no sense. Now i im a little wiser thanks to this video. Thank you and have a nice day.
@J.Leistikow5 жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for this great recipe. Although I „slightly“ changed it. I am very often in the woods and so I do know what spruce tea is. Just boil some spruce little twigs in hot water. But in my area there are many pine woods so I mostly put them into the water. In this case I changed the spruce beer into a pine beer and even changed the maple syrup to some sugar beet syrup. It‘s more common here living in middle europe and it‘s cheaper by the way. The normal yeast I use for my selfmade mead is bordeaux yeast and the fact I had some yeast left helped me in my decision what to put in. So after all it‘s not a spruce beer anymore but furthermore a local variant of it. The taste is wonderful and I‘m sipping it right now typing this. Although I have no comparison to your true spruce beer it‘s delicious and I wonder if this could be better in any way? So again, thank you for sharing your knowledge in a kind manner. Cheers!
@omeganova43324 жыл бұрын
He said that in more southern areas they used pine instead of spruce but it wasn't as good
@natbrown4734 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool man! What other booze do you make?
@bille52174 жыл бұрын
Super cool!
@dmsmhic2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of every time I read the comment section of a recipe online there's always a few that go something like "Oh I loved your recipe! I made it and my entire family loves it so much there were no leftovers! The only thing is I added oat milk instead of regular milk for the batter, and I didn't add any garlic or pepper or salt, but added soy sauce instead. And I substituted turkey breast for the flank steak since we try to stay away from red meat. And I added cream of mushroom soup instead of broth. It was so good. Thank you for the recipe!" LOL
@jeffersoncarlisle31252 жыл бұрын
I am currently drinking a batch of pine needle and sage tea, not fermented but kegged with CO2 for carbonation. It looks like beer, but isn't. Very good!
@trulygonefishing33225 жыл бұрын
Thanks to you a lost way of life can endure through others who may be inspired by it. You have my absolute respect.
@dgracia184 жыл бұрын
When I was volunteering at the Explore Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia at the 1750's Fort VAuse compound, the fellow who ran the place made some spruce beer based up on a recipe in "The Packet, vol. 1". It was from an 18th century recipe and called for the use of molasses but NOT "Black Strap Molasses" because that was way too strong and overpowered everything. From the batch that he made, he gave me three 20-oz. bottles of it. Two of the bottles had little if any carbonation but tasted OK. The third bottle carbonated just great and it was a very tasty Spruce Beer. The carbonation comes from the residual yeast eating the remaining sugars in the beer., turning it into Co2. We don't add sugar in the typical 1 hour boil of the wort for "normal beer" or the fermentation of it because the grains used are primarily barley and we've already extracted the fermentable sugars from the barley either by mashing the grain (soaking for about an hour at 150° to 154°) or by buying liquid or powdered extract of them. At the end of the fermentation, you have all the alcohol your beer's going to have but basically it tastes like flat beer. You have to give the residual yeast more sugar to eat to make the carbonation, so we add it to wort before we bottle it. Then time takes care of the rest. With modern methods, after typically 2-weeks of fermentation, there is not enough sugar left to carbonate the beer. It has all been converted to alcohol by the original yeast used to brew it. So, we add some sugar to the wort and carefully stir it in avoiding splashing the wort. Then we bottle it and typically wait for 2-weeks for the beer to get well- carbonated. I made one batch of a clone of the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and it took only 1-week to reach its carbonation level,. but that's unusual. On the other hand I have made some stouts that took 4 weeks of "bottle conditioning" to reach carbonation levels and to get to the proper taste. Did one stout that I though I was going to have to throw out after 2-weeks of bottle conditioning because it had very little carbonation and the taste just wasn't there - I wouldn't drink it. After 3-weeks, the carbonation and taste had improved to the point that I knew I wouldn't have to throw it out, and after 4-weeks It was easily as good as anything available commercially. But 2-weeks is the common amount of time needed both for fermenting your beer and then another 2-weeks for bottle conditioning it. One other note real quick. You have to be a little careful about yeast. Most yeast cannot handle "blood temperatures", which are in the 90° range. Most of the ale yeasts work fine between about as cold as 62° or as high as 72°. So you nomrally want to cool your wort down to ~70° before pitching your yeast in. If you pitch most yeasts into wort that is 95° or so, you'll kill the yeast and will got no fermenting at all. There are some fairly new yeasts available now that are from Norway and they can handle temperatures between 62° and 98°. They are actually ancient Norwegian "Kveik" yeasts that have recently become widely available.
@tonydevault38445 жыл бұрын
I was taught to make Pine Needle Tea as a young Boy Scout as a survival drink. Mainly because of the vitamin C.
@Borals5 жыл бұрын
Mark Keller no you just stick pine needles in water and drink it.
@hoticeisnice13545 жыл бұрын
Tony DeVault No more scurvy now!
@peterv13185 жыл бұрын
Mark Keller if you boiled it taste better but you ruined the nutrition value.
@oaksparoakspar31445 жыл бұрын
@@potatopotawto1412 You can pour hot (not boiling water) over it and let it steep in a cup without destroying the vit C if you need a warm drink (winter) or are heating the water to sterilize it, but most of the time you just put the needles into your canteen and let them sit there and steep as you walk.
@timverma5 жыл бұрын
@@oaksparoakspar3144 I've seen this done on various camping trips, and many people chew the needles as they drink it too.
@brockolive53305 жыл бұрын
Fantastic channel, amazing host, and great production quality, reminds me why I dumped my cable TV subscription years ago
@rjpena42584 жыл бұрын
This man loves what does, and it really shows. I love that.
@timtherrien78435 жыл бұрын
I've made maple mead much the same way. By the way, who are the 86 curmudgeons who disliked this? I think they need a beer ;)
@izaccsgansit35075 жыл бұрын
Perhaps they've had a few too many - and missed the like button!
@nicolerok41675 жыл бұрын
I make Mead too! Not maple Mead but still!! My favorite is my fall Mead, after it's done I add some cinnamon sticks, orange peels + apple
@calamityjean15255 жыл бұрын
The people who disliked it are probably teetotalers who think anything fermented is a sin.
@Vespuchian5 жыл бұрын
I rather fancy trying this recipe with the maple and a second batch with honey. Then maybe a 50/50 split of honey and maple to make MapleSpruceMead. Serve with poutine for intense Canadian flavours.
@Jduhbs5 жыл бұрын
I have questions about maple mead cause that sounds amazing. I've had regular mead before but where could one find the maple variant and if its available commercially, are there any brands in particular that are superior to others?
@kevinbyrne45385 жыл бұрын
You might also mention "spruce gum" (the resin of the spruce tree, which was chewed as gum).
@deussalt81085 жыл бұрын
It's super sticky on your teeth lol and not very sweet without sugar added.
@comesahorseman5 жыл бұрын
I remember that from when I was a kid! Not exactly Juicy Fruit.....
@lostpockets22275 жыл бұрын
yeah and coyote poop is white
@mikegallant8115 жыл бұрын
I think Spruce gum is available at Durgin-Park Restaurant in Boston!
@Problematicbehavior2 жыл бұрын
I watch you show daily, I actually look forward to sitting down in the evening to a glass of my preferred beverage and this awesome channel! Thankyou
@brootpk5 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorite KZbin channels!! God bless!
@brootpk5 жыл бұрын
Patrick Glaser - the left seem to be hell bent on anti self reliance and self sustainability. Doing away with history and culture around the world so as to usher in this “borderless United citizen utopia”.
@blackjack35995 жыл бұрын
@@brootpk yep. Sounds about right
@DudokX5 жыл бұрын
Camera work and editing on this channel was and still is really really good!
@stonecutter25 жыл бұрын
So true - also I'm super impressed with Jon's ability to make long cuts, as it's super challenging to deliver stuff without seeming to make much effort, but not screw up!
@gomezfriesen7 ай бұрын
From a brewmaster in British Columbia here; great video! I regularly make a spruce tip beer. The spruce are sustainably spring picked (new), then frozen for a minimum of 17 days, to kill any spoiling microbes, I then add it to a beer after it's finished fermenting. This way, 2 things happen, the vitamin c is retained, but mostly, boiled spruce is more piney in flavour, whereas spruce added to the a beer post boil retains more of a sweet fruity note reminiscent of maple syrup.
@superiordirk5 жыл бұрын
Great video to randomly stumble on! I live on Canada's west coast and history tells us the british navy/explorers did the same thing, but with Sitka spruce. That spruce is up the coast from where I am, but I found a few spruce trees near me but all I can tell you is they are not blue. Anyway, have been making spruce tip beer for four years now. It is a regular whole grain home brew setup. I really want to try that maple syrup recipe though Eh! My best advice for a spruce tip whole grain beer is keep it simple. Take an old school ipa recipe and add spruce additions in with you hops. Total spruce additions should be kept to 1 to 2 ounces per gallon. Divided up your additions as you wish. My last batch I just threw all the spruce in at 5 minutes left of the boil. Smells amazing, bottling soon!
@pipe2devnull5 жыл бұрын
I was admiring the shelter.
@johnf70175 жыл бұрын
John Bradley Evans I would be spending the night there too. Some chigueing in the joints to block wind ! Yeah
@danielfeld87243 жыл бұрын
Kudos to the background music, just the right volume, and adds to the flavor of your program.
@eddiespencer15 жыл бұрын
My understanding is that pine needles, corns (immature cones) and flowers serve a similar purpose as hops in modern beer. They add astringency, aroma and flavor to the beer.
@LaughingMan444 жыл бұрын
It's to bitter beer, that's the main purpose of hops. Without it, beer is very sweet. Hops became the main way to bitter beer in Europe around the 1500's. Before that, and in some places after that, various herbs were used, we call it gruit today. The most widely used herbs and plants we know of are heather, bog myrtle, yarrow and dandelion. Spruces, firs and pines were probably used too but I don't think nearly as widely, perhaps in Scandinavia, but in the British isles and mainland Europe, there were mostly deciduous trees and not many pines, spruces or firs.
@joesmithe1985 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this channel! You guys are the "This Old House" of 18th century living. Love it!
@hobbescacy39844 жыл бұрын
This guy always seems so happy to share knowledge. I love this channel
@colleenhahn72055 жыл бұрын
Your videos on colonial beers and foods are the most interesting. I'd never heard of spruce beer before. Thank you for the information & education you provide
@andrewjensen84735 жыл бұрын
Your excitement is great. Don’t get down pardoned. You do a wonderful work
@alexbrennan99283 жыл бұрын
When I was in Boy Scouts we went to Virginia and visited a historic fort there. One of the demonstrations was someone making Spruce Tea and everyone in my troop loved it, especially this one second year. He loved it so much that on our next camp out he made "Spruce" tea every day all weekend. Well come late Saturday night the kid got horribly horribly sick, he was vomiting basically nonstop. It was so bad we needed to call an ambulance and he got talken to the hospital. Turns out the "spruce" he was drinking was juniper.
@hithere471911 ай бұрын
Imagine the flashback to that the first time he smelled/tasted gin later on during college 😬
@LittleBunnySunshine5 жыл бұрын
Hooray for Spruce Beer!!!!
@johneden3915 жыл бұрын
Hey you look familiar.
@LittleBunnySunshine5 жыл бұрын
John Eden are we Facebook friends? Maybe you know me on Tumblr or Twitter.....or maybe I just have one of those faces.
@VickieV13335 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video from Townsend’s! I absolutely love this channel!
@TheAsharedhett7 ай бұрын
These videos are great! Just innocent, pure sincere enthusiasm for this time period and its daily life. Once question I have on this, though, is how much alcohol would this likely contain on such a short brew? I imagine it would be fairly weak, maybe 2-3%?
@dbw11145 жыл бұрын
Yards Brewing Co. makes a spruce ale, which is supposedly based on Ben Franklin's original recipe. Pretty good stuff.
@greenlawnfarm58275 жыл бұрын
That place is in philly. That is where cheesesteaks are if you didnt know that.
@fartkerson4 жыл бұрын
@@greenlawnfarm5827 I love a good milksteak.
@greenlawnfarm58274 жыл бұрын
@@fartkerson NOT MILKSTEAK. I SAID CHEESESTEAK. AND YOU CAN ONLY GET GOOD ONES IN PHILLY I HOPE YOU KNOW.
@fartkerson4 жыл бұрын
@@greenlawnfarm5827 Ok, but do they come with jellybeans served raw.
@greenlawnfarm58274 жыл бұрын
@@fartkerson No. They dont give you anything with cheesesteaks. They put the onions and cheese in the cheesesteak and thats it. And jellybeans are not raw. They cook them and the outside is crunchy but the inside is gooey. I saw a video on how they make them so i know. The best kind is jelly belly and you can get the huge can of them at costco.
@dustinssimpson5 жыл бұрын
Goodwood brewing in Louisville Kentucky brews a beer aged on spruce tips. Spruce Tip IPA
@DisstonDave5 жыл бұрын
It's an ipa...
@1984Phalanx4 жыл бұрын
As an amateur home brewer, I am going to make this. Thank you for sharing.
@sisyr56155 жыл бұрын
I always use Norway spruce. I don't know how common it is in North America, but here in Sweden it is everywhere and you can of course use it in different things - not just for drinks. Add tips raw to salads, puree them for contrast in desserts or pickle them and add them in.. whatever, really. The one key is not to cook them as they both taste worse and lose all the appealing color (turning from a vibrant green to a dreary brown).
@UtahSustainGardening5 жыл бұрын
Columnar Norway spruce is a common landscape plant in my part of the USA.
@LittleBunnySunshine5 жыл бұрын
Side note, it looks so nice out where you are Jon and Co!
@townsends5 жыл бұрын
Northern Indiana
@LittleBunnySunshine5 жыл бұрын
It resembles Iowa in practically every way, which is why I like it! ✨ Midwest Is Best!!! ✨
TheLastHylianTitan Woot-woot!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The Big NE!!!!
@friggsnowden52103 жыл бұрын
I love coming back to these videos. Cheers. As a Townsend this makes me so very proud.
@ThePatriotsrule15 жыл бұрын
Is it me or did he go all Christopher Walkin at 3:33 ? Love the videos as always!
@jmolvin90555 жыл бұрын
I Am Me " We got our CUTTINGs, and we kinda CHOPPED em down a little bit" haha, good ear, definitely sounds like Chris.
@csection12005 жыл бұрын
I Am Me he did
@veraciouspatriot42975 жыл бұрын
Great video. Love the enthusiasm. Not a “beer guy”-but I certainly want to make some of this for nostalgia sake.
@rinab44053 жыл бұрын
OMW!! We homestead and I am ABSOLUTELY fascinated with the lost arts. THANK YOU for posting your video's they are so educational!!!
@nomaad6605 жыл бұрын
"Back in MY DAY, we drank pine tree water that we boiled and turned into beer...AND WE LIKED IT!"
@Kid_Icarus225 жыл бұрын
I just want to say thank you, you are a Gem sir, I genuinely get happy everytime I get a notification from your channel. my favorite was your pemiccan video from four years ago, I intend to watch them all lol.
@JCody-pt3th3 жыл бұрын
"Beer is proof God exists, and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Franklin
@cocoamcjaegermeister55343 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@robynperdieu34343 жыл бұрын
Farts are proof God has a sense of humor.
@ianmac2143 жыл бұрын
I suspect Ben Franklin’s true source of happiness was schtupping every single woman within arms reach of him.
@robynperdieu34343 жыл бұрын
@@ianmac214 nope. Look up hellfire club. Franklin was not a good man, despite the accolades.
@SeveralGhost3 жыл бұрын
"What if we had some dudes get some water, and like, put it ON the fire?" -Ben Franklin creating the first fire department
@DrDankoff5 жыл бұрын
As a home brewer / cook, go ahead and use maple syrup ... the flavour all but disappears. In fact, the great difficulty in brewing is maintaining that fragile maple syrup flavour.
@owenmoorhead94524 жыл бұрын
DrDankoff so you should use molasses so the flavor stays?
@LaughingMan444 жыл бұрын
@@owenmoorhead9452 no
@hunt_fishrepeat95394 жыл бұрын
Would sorgum syrup work in the place of maple syrup?
@ss117333 жыл бұрын
@@hunt_fishrepeat9539 the other recommendation is cane syrup
@steve_jackson99333 жыл бұрын
I did one batch, hard to describe the taste. A little bit of maple syrup, but not much. It is definitely a light summer drink.
@MasterMichelleFL5 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE all this information. You make history come to life! I'll be looking for black spruce up north when we go. I wish I could give you some tree ripened mangos...💚
@Ogaitnas9004 жыл бұрын
This is a treasure of knowledge, and just so much fun to watch :)
@MrJayrock6205 жыл бұрын
I’m definitely sharing this one with my dad and his civil was re-enactor buddies!
@Mikey-ym6ok5 жыл бұрын
Bud light also does the trick
@angiedilaj5 жыл бұрын
I've been binge watching these videos! It's all so fascinating
@cmck174 жыл бұрын
This gives me a greater appreciation for the beer we drink nowadays.
@TaigaTurf5 жыл бұрын
Jaques Cartier and other early explorers were saved by Black spruce and Balsam fir edibles.. Great channel!
@ZASurvivalist5 жыл бұрын
Once again, an amazingly informative and clear video. Whats fascinating is how people back then discovered what was edible and what wasn’t.
@kirkmorrison61312 жыл бұрын
On a primitive camping trip we used pine needles for Vitamin C also a lot of squirrel and rabbit with wild nuts and acorns a couple of days. White Oaks are really good. Other Oaks need to be boiled with a few water changes to lose the tanin. They are great for hoe cakes and similar flatbreads.
@dankhill23215 жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved watching your videos. Keep up the great work
@NobodyWhatsoever5 жыл бұрын
I've heard good things about pine and spruce teas. I should definitely try it!
@dominickpfefferkorn47525 жыл бұрын
Delicious
@gerbear19074 жыл бұрын
Truly enjoy your postings, fascinating history and DIY info...Thanks Mate!
@southseasjim4 жыл бұрын
I made the Spruce Beer this weekend (turbinado sugar for sweetner) and it is excellent. I can't wait for it to ferment more. Thanks John, this is an excellent channel.