1891 Drinks à La Mode by Mrs de Salis

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the beer should be quite clear, and after bottling let it remain uncorked for a time. In a small work like this it will not be necessary to go into the subject of brewing, as so few persons brew nowadays. There are various kinds of beers : Burton-on-Trent ales, Scotch ales (Edinburgh, Prestonpans, and Belhaven are the best), bitter ale, India pale ale, porter, and stout.

Liquid Measures.

30 drops 60 drops

thimbleful

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1 teaspoonful 2 fluid drachms \ ounce \ pint I pint

dessert-spoonful

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tablespoonful wineglassful

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4 gills 2 pints 4 quarts

quart gallon

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hogshead puncheon

63 gallons 84 gallons

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A Few Words on the History of Beer. The ancient history of beer has been traced back by the Germans several thousand years in authenticating Egyptian records of the times of the Pharaohs. The most ancient kind of Egyptian beer was brewed from barley and was called ' hag,' and was imbibed freely by the Pharaohs as by the common people. The most famous beer city was Pelusium. In Alexandria, too, great quantities of beer was brewed. Evidence on this point is given by a papyrus manuscript, in which Professor Lauth