1857 The Bordeaux wine and liquor dealers' guide

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A TREATISE ON

generally used as soon as it has done working in the barrels.

CHEAP BEEB.

" No production of this country abounds so much with saccharine matter as the shells of green peas. A strong decoction of them so much resembles, in odor and taste, an infusion of malt (termed wort), as to deceive a brewer. This decoction, rendered slightly bitter with the wood sage, and afterwards fermented with yeast, affords a very excellent bever– age. The method employed is as follows : " Fill a boiler with the green shells of peas, pour on water till it rises half an inch above the shells, and simmer for three hours. Strain off the liquor, and add a strong decoction of' the wood sage, or the hop, so as to render it pleasantly bitter ; then fer– ment in the ·usual manner. The wood sage is the best substitute for hops, and being free from -any anodyne property is entitled to a preference. By boiling a fresh quantity of shells in the decoction before it becomes cold, it may be so thoroughly im– pregnated with saccharine matter as to afford a liquor, when fermented, as strong as ale."

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