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Beverages
—
Alcoholic
cask
with
the
strained
lemon
juice
and
chopped
raisins.
Stir
the
wine
every
day
for
a
fortnight;
then
add
the
brandy,
stop
the
cask
down
by
degrees,
and
in
a
few
weeks
it
will
be
fit
to
bottle.
Sufficient
to
make
9
gal.
of
wine.
The
best
time
for
making
this
wine
is
either
in
March
or
September.
Gooseberry.
—
1.
—
Firm
green
gooseberries,
20
lbs.;
hot
water,
3
gal.;
loaf
sugar,
15
lb.;
cream
of
tartar,
lj-jj
oz.
Top
and
tail
the
gooseberries,
put
them
into
an
earthen-
ware
bowl
or
wooden
tub,
and
pour
over
them
the
hot
water.
Let
them
soak
for
24
hours,
then
bruise
them
well
with
a
heavy
wooden
mallet
or
potato
masher,
and
drain
the
juice
through
a
fine
hair
sieve
or
jelly
bag.
Replace
the
skins
in
the
vessel in
which
they
were
soaked,
cover
them
with
boiling
water,
stir
and
bruise
well,
so as
to
com-
pletely
extract
the
juice,
then
strain
through
the
sieve
or
bag.
Mix
this
preparation
with
the
juice,
add
the
sugar,
and
boiling
water
to
increase
the
liquid
to
5
gal.
Replace
in
the
bowl
or
tub,
stir
in
the
cream
of
tartar,
cover
with
a
heavy
woolen
cloth,
and
allow
the
vessel
to
stand
in
a
mod-
erately
warm
place
for
2
days.
Now
strain
the
liquid
into
a
small
cask,
cover
the
bunghole
with
a
folded
cloth
until
fermentation
ceases
—
which
may
be
known
by
the
cessa-
tion
of
the
hissing
noise
—
then
bung
closely,
but
provide
the
top
of
the
cask
with
a
venb
peg.
Make
this
wine
in
the
beginning
of
June,
before
the
berries
ripen;
let
it
remain
undisturbed
until
December,
then
drain
it
off
carefully
into
a
clean
eask.
In
March
or
April,
or
when
the
goose-
berry
bushes
begin
to
blossom,
the
wine
must
be
bottled
and
tightly
corked.
To
insure
its
being
clear
and
efferves-
cing,
the
wine
must
be
bottled
at
the
right
time,
and
preferably
on
a
clear
day.
Grape
Wine.
—
1.
—
The
grapes
must
be
gathered
and
transported
with
as
little
injury as
possible,
and
must
be
protected
from
dirt
and
injurious
fermentation.
Crush
the
well-matured
fruit
in
a
regular
wine
or
cider
mill,
or
gently
mash
it
in
any
other
receptacle
by
means
of
a
wooden
implement.
It
is
absolutely
necessary
to
use
only
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