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A TREATISE ON
dry situation. Should they become tainted or
mouldy, take a strong lye of pearlash, which spread
over the bottoms of the vessels scalding hot, and
then with the broom scrub the sides and other part.s.
Or, take common salt and spread it over the
coolers, &c., and strew some on their wet sides, turn
in scalding water and scrub them with a broom.
Or, throw some quicklime into water in the ves–
sel, and scrub over the bottom and sides with it ;
in each case well washing afterwards with clean
water.
Or, wash well first with oil of vitriol diluted with
8 times its weight of water, and afterwards
with
clean water.
Remarks.-Brewing utensils with care will last
for many years. Mr. Cobbett says : " I am now in
a farm-house, where the
aame
utensils have been
used for
forty yem•a;
and the owner tells me that
they may last for
forty yeara longer."
BEER, ALE, AND PORTER.
QuaJ.,ity,
&c.-Pnre
malt liquor, which has under–
gone a perfect fermentation, is perhaps themost whole–
some beverage that can be drunk, provided it be not
taken in excess. Malt liquor bears different names
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