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EECIPE8 FOE TEN GALLONS EACH.

top out; fix the top again as tight as possihle, :ui(l wlien

fermentation is over, and the -wine clear, draw oif; press

and filter the balance, and put it in a new, clean pitched

keg.

383. "Wine, Lemon.

Take 11 gallons of water and 15 lbs. of sugar, and boil

them together until the sugar is perfectly dissolved; then

skim and stiain the liquid, and when it has cooled to 100°

Fahrenheit, add 50 lemons, cut in very thin slices, and 1

quart of fresh brewers' yeast; put a 10-gallon keg in a

warm place, and fill it fuU to the bung, and keep it full

with the liquid during the fermentation; strain, press,and

filter; then add ^ a gallon of good sherry, or Madeira

wine.

384. 'Wine, Liqueur. (Cordial.)

Take a sufficient quantity of sweet grapes to make 1

gallons of juice, and exjjose them to the sun for 10 days

before pressing them; as soon as they are pressed put the

juice in a 10-gallon keg, and till it up with 3 gallons of

alcohol, 95 per cent., and 1 ounce of ground cinnamon;

mix well, bung it, and after settling (say 1 month) bot

tle it.

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385. "Wine, Madeira.

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4 gallons ofgood Madeira, high flavored.

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6 do. plfin wine.

Color to same shade with coloring or tincture ofsaffron

(See Nos. 88 and 91.)

386. Wine, Malaga.

4 gallons ofMalaga wine, best quality.

6 do. plain wine; and for sweetening add