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gallons of boiling water, with one ounce of ginger; mix them well, and pour into
the keg, and fill it up with cold water.
A decoction of the root of sassafras is good to put in beer.
Porter Beer.
A pleasant drink in summer is to take one bottle of porter, five bottles of
water, and a pint of molasses, or a pound of sugar; make a spoonful of ginger
into a tea, and mix all well together; have seven clean bottles, with two or
three raisins in each; fill them, cork them tight, and lay them on their sides
on the cellar floor.
Molasses Beer.
Take five pints of molasses, half a pint of yeast, two spoonsful of pounded
ginger, and one of allspice; put these into a clean half-barrel, and pour on it
two gallons of boiling water; shake it till a fermentation is produced; then
fill it up with warm water, and let it work with the bung out, a day, when it
will be fit for use; remove it to a cold place, or bottle it. This is a very
good drink for laboring people in warm weather.
To Make Cider.
To make cider that will keep sweet for a length of time, requires particular
attention to all the points. All the works and utensils in use must be perfectly
clean, so that nothing acid shall come in contact with the pulp or liquor while
pressing. The casks should be cleaned in the following manner:
After washing each barrel clean, put in a lump of unslacked lime, and pour in a
gallon of boiling water; bung it up, and roll the barrel several times a day,
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