111 / 154
USEFUL FORMULAS.
111
STOMACH BITTERS.
491
( EQUAL TO HOSTETTER'S.)
E uropean gentian r oot, 11h ounces; orange peel, 21h ounces; cinnamou,
1A
ounce; anise seed,
1h
ounce; coriander seed,
1h
ounce; cardamon seed,
::
ounce; unground Peruvian bark, 1h ounce; gum kiuo,
1A,
ounce; bruise alJ
these ar ticles, and put them into t he b est alcohol, 1 pint; let it stand a week,
a nd pour off t he clear tincture; then boil the dregs a few minutes in 1 quart
of water, strain, and press out all the strength; now dissolve loaf sugar, 1
pound, in the bot liquid, adding 3 quarts cold water, and
mi.-,;:
with spi rit
tincture Jirst poured off, filter and bottle.
STRONG BEER.
492
(A VALUABLE ENGLISH RECIPE.)
Malt, 1 peck; coarse brown sugar, 6 pounds; hops, 4 ounces; good yeast,
1 t eacup;
if
you have not malt, take a little over 1 peck of barley (twice the
amount of oats will do, but are not as good), and put it into an oven after the
bread is drawn, or into a stove oven, and steam the moisture from them. Grind
coarsely. Now pour upon the ground malt 31h gallons of water at 170 or 172
degrees of heat . The tub in which you scald the malt should ham a false bot·
tom, two or three inches from the real bottom; the false bottom should be
bored full of gimlet holes, so as to act as a strainer to keep back the malt meal.
When the water is poured· on, stir them well, and let it stand 3 hours, and
draw off by a faucet; put in 7 -gallons more of water at 180 to 182 degrees;
stir it well, and let it stand 2 hours, and draw
it
off; then put on a gallon
or t wo of cold water, stir it well and draw it off. You should have about
five or six gallons. Put the six pounds of coarse brown sugar in an equal
amount of water; mix with the wort, and boil 1% to 2 hours with the hops.
You should have eight gallons when boiled ; when cooled to 80 degrees put in
the yeast, and let it work 18 to 20 hours, covered with a sack; use sound iron·
hooped kegs or porter bottles, bung or cork tight, and in two weeks it wilJ
be
good sound beer, an d will keep a long time; and for persons of a weak habit of
body, and espccialJy females, one glass of th.is with their meals
is
far better
t han tea or coffee, or all the a rdent spirits in the universe.
If
more malt is
used, not excediog
lh
a bushel, tho beer, of course, would have more spirit;
but this strength is sufficient for the use of females or invalids.