1908 The World's Drinks and How to Miw Them by Hon Wm Boothby (1st edition)

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USEFUL FORMULAS.

491

STOMACH BITTERS.

( EQUAL TO HOSTETTER'S.)

E uropean gentian r oot, 11h ounces; orange peel, 21h ounces; cinnamou, 1A ounce; anise seed, 1h ounce; coriander seed, 1h ounce; cardamon seed, :: ounce; unground Peruvian bark, 1h ounce; gum kiuo, 1A, ounce; bruise alJ these ar ticles, and put them into t he b est alcohol, 1 pint; let it stand a week, a nd pour off t he clear tincture; then boil the dregs a few minutes in 1 quart of water, strain, and press out all the strength; now dissolve loaf sugar, 1 pound, in the bot liquid, adding 3 quarts cold water, and mi.-,;: with spi rit tincture Jirst poured off, filter and bottle.

492

STRONG BEER.

(A VALUABLE ENGLISH RECIPE.)

Malt, 1 peck; coarse brown sugar, 6 pounds; hops, 4 ounces; good yeast, 1 t eacup; if you have not malt, take a little over 1 peck of barley (twice the amount of oats will do, but are not as good), and put it into an oven after the bread is drawn, or into a stove oven, and steam the moisture from them. Grind coarsely. Now pour upon the ground malt 31h gallons of water at 170 or 172 degrees of heat . The tub in which you scald the malt should ham a false bot· tom, two or three inches from the real bottom; the false bottom should be bored full of gimlet holes, so as to act as a strainer to keep back the malt meal. When the water is poured· on, stir them well, and let it stand 3 hours, and draw off by a faucet; put in 7 -gallons more of water at 180 to 182 degrees; stir it well, and let it stand 2 hours, and draw it off; then put on a gallon or t wo of cold water, stir it well and draw it off. You should have about five or six gallons. Put the six pounds of coarse brown sugar in an equal amount of water; mix with the wort, and boil 1% to 2 hours with the hops. You should have eight gallons when boiled ; when cooled to 80 degrees put in the yeast, and let it work 18 to 20 hours, covered with a sack; use sound iron· hooped kegs or porter bottles, bung or cork tight, and in two weeks it wilJ be good sound beer, an d will keep a long time; and for persons of a weak habit of body, and espccialJy females, one glass of th.is with their meals is far better t han tea or coffee, or all the a rdent spirits in the universe. If more malt is used, not excediog lh a bushel, tho beer, of course, would have more spirit; but this strength is sufficient for the use of females or invalids.