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WINE,

JUNIPER.

207

which

time

hottle

or

fill

a

keg

in

which

has

been

burned

some

brimstone;

bung

tight.

(See

No.

418.)

380.

Wine

Grap^es.

11

gallons

of

lightly-pressed

juice

of

sweet

grapes;

fill

a

10-gallon

keg

to

the

bung

;

let

it

stand

in

a

warm

place,

and

keep

it

full

during

fermentation

;

after

it

has

settled

draw

it

off

in

a

clean

keg

;

filter

the

dregs

of

the

first,

and

add

the

clear

to

the

liquid

that

has

been

drawn

off.

In

the

month

of

March

the

second

fermentation

begins,

then

lift

the

bung

;

when

the

second

fermentation

is

over,

if

the

w^ine

is

red,

fine

with

the

white

of

1

egg

beaten

to

a

froth,

but

when

white,

with

a

mixture

composed

of

1

ounce

of

isinglass

steeped

in

a pint

of

the

wine,

and

beaten

and

mixed

as

with

the

egg

;

put

the red

wine

in

a

pitched

keg,

the

white

in

a

brimstone

keg,

and

bung

tight.

381.

Wine,

Greek.

Take

a

sufiicient

quantity

of

perfectly

ripe

grapes

to

make

10

gallons

of

juice,

and

expose

them

to

the

sun

for

ten

days

;

press

out

the

juice

in

a

boiler,

and

keep

it

over

a

fire

until

it

attains

the

boiling

point

;

then

add

5

ozs.

of

sea-salt

;

take

it

from

the

fire,

and

let

it

stand

for

8

days,

then

bottle.

382.

"Wine,

Juniper.

12^

gallons

of

hot

w^ater.

I

ounce

of

ground

coriander-seed.

55

lbs.

of

ground

juniper

berries

and

5

lbs.

of

brown

sugar.

When

the

liquid

is

cooled

to

.100®

Fahrenheit,

add

1

pmt

of

good

brewers'

yeast,

and

put

all

in

a

keg

with

the