1862 The Bartender's Guide price $2,50 by Jerry Thomas

GINGER WINE.

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bier three parts full of water, and add two table-spooriruls of the syrup. Then stir in briskly a small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, and a very delicious drink will be formed. The color may be improved by adding a very small portion of cochineal to the syrup at the time of boiling. Put twelve pounds of loaf-sugar and six ounces of pow- dered ginger into six gallons of water ; let it boil for an hour, then beat up the whites of half a dozen eggs with a whisk, and mix them well with the liquor. When quite cold put it into a barrel, with six lemons cut into slices, and a cupful of yeast ; let it work for three days, then put in the bung. In a week's time you may bottle it, and it will be ready for immediate use. 236. Ginger Wine.