Wow, someone's writing an article on that again in 2011??!?
Ancient news! (In both the literal and "punny" way.)
I've been lucky enough to get to try everyone of their historical recreations and I'm happy to say that the most widely available one is in my opinion the best and most unique(Midas Touch). -I've got a clone recipe from the "Extreme Brewing" book, if anyone wants it but you'll need to find muscat grape juice or muscat grapes.
I finally made it all the way through Dr. Patrick McGovern's book "Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Fermented Beverages"$$ it's definitely slow going and is more academic and focused on the anthropological and scientific issues than it is on the beer. -But I HAVE made my own index of the historical beers that he discovered all over the world including what page they appear in the book, their defining ingredients, and country of origin.
-There's LOADS of historical beers yet to be made in there; many of them are mixed fermented beverages that are somewhere between beer, mead, and wine and there's tons of crazy ingredients. It's obvious that Dr. McGovern's real passion is for wine (and was the subject of his first book), though.
Adam
