Brewing References – Last updated 4/4/12
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Bennet, Judith M. Bennett. Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World 1300-1600. Oxford University Press, 1996; ISBN10 0195126505, ISBN13 9780195126501

Best, Michael R., ed. The English Housewife by Gervase Markham. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986, 1998, 2003; ISBN10 0773511032, ISBN13 9780773511033

Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers. Siris Books, 1998; ISBN10 0937381667, ISBN13 9780937381663

Butcher, Alan D. Ale & Beer: A Curious History. McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1989; ISBN10 0771017979, ISBN13 9780771017971

Calabrese, Salvatore. Cognac: A Liquid History. Sterling Publishing Company, 2002; ISBN10 0304358746, ISBN13 9780304358748

Cowell, Andrew. At Play in the Tavern: Signs, Coins, and Bodies in the Middle Ages. University of Michigan Press, 1999; ISBN10 0472110071, ISBN13 9780472110070

Coyle, Timothy. Don't Panic, a Beginner's Guide to Brewing. House of Zacharia Press, 1992

Culpeper, Nicholas. Culpeper's Complete Herbal. Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995; ISBN10 1853263451, ISBN13 9781853263453

Dembinska, Maria and William Woys Weaver. Food and Drink in Medieval Poland. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963, 1999; ISBN10 0812232240, ISBN13 
9780812232240

Diggs, Lawrence J. Vinegar - The User-Friendly Standard Text Reference & Guide to Appreciating, Making, and Enjoying Vinegar. Authors Choice Press, 2000; ISBN10 059514716X, ISBN13 9780595147168

Fisher, Joe and Dennis Fisher. The Homebrewer's Garden: How to Easily Grow, Prepare and Use Your Own Hops, Malts, Brewing Herbs. Storey Publishing, LLC. 1998; ISBN10 1580170102, ISBN13 9781580170109

Gates, William. An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552. Dover Publications, Inc., 1939, 2000; ISBN10 0486411303, ISBN13 9780486411309

Hagen, Ann. A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption. Anglo-Saxon Books, 1992; ISBN10 0951620983, ISBN13 9780951620984

Hagen, Ann. A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution. Anglo-Saxon Books, 1995; ISBN10 1898281122, ISBN13 9781898281122

Hanawalt, Barbara A. ed. Women and Work in Preindustrial Europe. Indiana University Press, 1986; ISBN10 0253203678, ISBN13 978025320367

Harrison, William. The Description of England: The Classic Contemporary Account of Tudor Social Life. Dover Publications, 1994; ISBN10 0486282759, ISBN13 9780486282756

Hess, Karen. Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery. Columbia University Press, 1981, 1995; ISBN10 0231049315, ISBN13 9780231049313

Hornsey, Ian. A History of Beer and Brewing. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003; ISBN10 0854046305, ISBN13 9780854046300

Macinnis, Peter. Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar. Allen & Unwin, 2002; ISBN10 1865086576, ISBN13 9781865086576

McGee, Harold. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. Collier Books, 1984; ISBN 0020346212

Magee, Malachy. 1000 Years of Irish Whiskey. The O'Brien Press, 1980; ISBN10 0905140710, ISBN13 9780905140711

Martin, A. Lynn. Alcohol, Sex, and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, 2001; ISBN10 0312234147, ISBN13 9780312234140

McGovern, Patrick E. Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture. Princeton University Press, 2003; ISBN10 0691070806, ISBN13 9780691070803

Miller, Dave. The Complete Handbook of Home Brewing. Garden Way Publishing, 1988; ISBN10 0882665227, ISBN13 9780882665221

Mintz, Sidney W. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. Penguin Books, 1985; ISBN10 0140092331, ISBN13 9780140092332

Morse, Roger A. Making Mead Honey Wine: History, Recipes, Methods and Equipment. Wicwas Press, 1980; ISBN10 1878075047, ISBN13 9781878075048

Nachel, Marty. Homebrewing for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc., 1997; ISBN10 0764550462, ISBN13 9780764550461

Orton, Vrest. The American Cider Book. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973; ISBN10 0374510768, ISBN13 9780374510763

Papazian, Charlie. The Complete Joy of Home Brewing, 3rd Edition. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2003; ISBN10 0060531053, ISBN13 9780060531058

Pellechia, Thomas. Wine: The 8,000-Year-Old Story of the Wine Trade. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006; ISBN10 1560258713, ISBN13 9781560258711

Phillips, Rod. A Short History of Wine. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001; ISBN10 0066212820, ISBN13 9780066212821

Porter, John. All About Beer. Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1975; ISBN10 0385018851, ISBN13 9780385018852

Pouncy, Carolyn Johnston, ed. The Domostroi: Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terrible. Cornell University Press, 1994; ISBN10 0801496896, ISBN13 9780801496899

Power, Eileen, tr. The Goodman of Paris. The Boydell Press, 2006; ISBN10 1843832224, ISBN13 9781843832225 ; www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Menagier/Menagier_Contents.html - 6k -  (if you click on the red dot you can view the content of that chapter)

Proulx, Annie and Lew Nichols. Cider: Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider, 2nd Edition. Storey Publishing, 1998; ISBN10 0882669699, ISBN13 9780882669694

Renfrow, Cindy. A Sip Through Time - A Collection of Old Brewing Recipes. Cindy Renfrow, 1994; ISBN10 0962859834, ISBN13 9780962859830

Sambrook, Pamela. Country House Brewing in England, 1500-1900. The Hambledon Press, 1996; ISBN10 1852851279, ISBN13 9781852851279

Schoonover, David E, ed. Ladie Borlase's Receiptes Booke. University of Iowa Press, 1998; ISBN10 0877456364, ISBN13 9780877456360

Schramm, Ken. The Compleat Meadmaker. Brewers Publications, 2003; ISBN10 0937381802, ISBN13 9780937381809

Sim, Alison. Food and Feast in Tudor England. Sutton Publishing, 1997; ISBN10 0750914769, ISBN13 9780750914765

Snyder, Stephen. The Brewmaster's Bible. HarperPerennial, 1997; ISBN10 0060952164, ISBN13 9780060952167

Spence, Pamela. Mad about Mead! Llewellyn Publications, 1997; ISBN10 1567186831, ISBN13 9781567186833

Spurling, Hilary. Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book. Viking Adult, 1987; ISBN10 0670815926, ISBN13 9780670815920

Stevenson, Jane and Peter Davidson, ed. The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie, Kt., Opened 1669. Prospect Books, 1997; ISBN10 0907325769, ISBN13 9780907325765 ; this book can be gotten digitally at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16441

Tannahill, Reay. Food in History. Penguin Books, 1973, 1988; ISBN10 014010206X, ISBN13 9780140102062

Turner, Jack. Spice: The History of a Temptation. Vintage Books, 2004; ISBN10 0375707050, ISBN13 9780375707056

Unger, Richard W. Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004; ISBN10 0812237951, ISBN13 9780812237955

VanNostrand, Jillian and Christie V. Sarles. Alewife's Garden: 7 Radical Weeds for Brewing Herbal Ales. Radical Weeds, 2002; ISBN10 0966424638, ISBN13 9780966424638

Vargas, Pattie and Rich Gulling. Cordials From Your Kitchen. Storey Books, 1997; ISBN10 0882669869, ISBN13 9780882669861

Vargas, Pattie and Rich Gulling. Making Wild Wines & Meads. Storey Books, 1999; ISBN10 1580171826, ISBN13 9781580171823

Watson, Ben. Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own. The Countryman Press, 1999; ISBN10 0881504688, ISBN13 9780881504682

Wilson, C. Ann. Food & Drink in Britain From the Stone Age to the 19th Century. Academy Chicago Publishers, 1973, 1991; ISBN10 0897334876, ISBN13 9780897334877

Wilson, C. Anne. Water of Life: A History of Wine-Distilling and Spirits from 500 BC to 2000 AD. Prospect Books, 2006; ISBN10 1903018463, ISBN13 9781903018460

Woodward, Marcus, ed. Gerards Herbal History of Plants. Senate, 1998; ISBN10 1859580513, ISBN13 9781859580516

Woolgar, C. M. The Great Household in Late Medieval England. Yale University Press, 1999; ISBN10 0300076878, ISBN13 9780300076875

Wykes, Alan. Ale and Hearty: Gleaning from the history of brews and brewing. Jupiter Books Limited, 1979; ISBN 0906379008