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I^onu JWaae

Wiimu

malt

to

color

if

required.

Mash

with

twenty-

four,

fourteen

and

eleven

barrels

of

water,

then

boil

with

one

hundredweight

Kent

hops,

and

set

with

seven

gallons

yeast,

three

pounds

salt.

Mash

the

grains

for

table

beer.

PORT

WINE

To

ten

gallons

prepared

cider,

add

one

and

one-half

gallons

good

port

wine,

two

and

one-half

quarts

wild

grapes

(clusters),

two

ounces

bruised

rhatany

root,

three-quarters

ounce

tincture

of

kino,

three-quarters

pound

loaf

sugar,

one-half

gallon

spirits.

Let

this

stand

ten

days

;

color

if

too

light,

with

tinc-

ture

of

rhatany, then

rack

it

off

and

fine

it.

This

should be

repeated

until

the

color

is

perfect

and

the

liquid

clear.

PORT

WINE

(BRITISH)

1.

Two

gallons

damson

juice,

two

gallons

cider,

three-quarters

ounce

sloe

juice,

one

pound

sugar,

one

pound

honey.

Ferment,

then

add

one

quart

spirit,

one

gallon

red

cape,

a

little

over

one

ounce

of

red

tartar

(dissolved),

the

same

of

powder

of

catechu,

one-tenth

ounce

bruised

ginger,,

one-tenth

ounce

cassia,

a

few

cloves.

Mix

well

with

two

tablespoonfuls

of

brandy

coloring.

2.

Two

pounds

buUace,

ten

pounds

dam-