Brewing Viking beer - with stones - Medievalists.net

Huh? "There's nothing archaeologists like better than piles of centuries-old rubbish. Ancient bones and stones from trash heaps can tell complex stories. And in central Norway, at least, the story seems to be that Vikings and their descendants brewed beer by tossing hot rocks into wooden kettles."
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Brewing Viking beer - with stones - Medievalists.net
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By Nancy Bazilchuk When archaeologist Geir Grønnesby dug test pits at 24 different farms in central Norway , he nearly always found thick layers of fire-cracked stones dating from the...