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The

Still-Room

bottling

the

ginger

beer,

and

put

the beer

in

well-

washed

champagne

bottles.

It

will

be

ready

in

one

week.

Brewer's

yeast

should,

if

possible,

be

used,

but

if

none

can

be

had,

two

ounces

of

German

yeast

may

be

substituted

for

it.

/.

R.

To

ynake

Spruce

Beer,

Mince

a

quantity

of

young

sprouts

of

the

spruce,

and

boil

them

with

twenty

times

their

volume

of

water

and

an

ounce

of

sugar

to

the

pint

of

shoots.

Allow

to

cool

and

proceed

as

in

making

ginger

beer.

"

He

wanted

to

make

a

?nemorandum

in

his

pocket-

book

;

it

was

about

spruce

beer,

Mr.

Knight

ley

had

been

telling

him

something

about

brewing

spruce

beer^

and

he

wanted

to

put

it

down^

Certain

other

IViyies,

Currant

(red,

white,

or

black),

cherry,

raspberry,

mulberry,

whortleberry,

blackberry,

apple,

grape,

and

elderberry

wines

are

made

after

the

manner

of

gooseberry

wine.

Sloe

wine

and

green

gooseberry

wine,

which

latter

is

not

recommended,

are

made

like

damson

wine.

Raisin

and

fig

wines

are

made

as

date

wine

is

made.

Orange

wine

is

made

as

lemon

wine.

Apricot,

clary,

elderflower,

ginger,

juniper,

and

gilliflower

wines

are

made

after

the

manner

prescribed

for

cowslip

wine.

It

is

often

thought

desirable

to

add

to

wines

the

flavour

of

spices

or

herbs

other

than

those

essentially

used

in

the

making

of

the

wine.

In such

a

case,

the

spices

should

be

placed

in a

muslin

bag

and

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