1914 Rawling's of Book Mixed Drinks by E P Rawling

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BOTTLING WINE.

When buying wine in bulk, either in demijohn or wood, it should be put in bottles at once to prevent fermentation. A ten-gallon keg is the most conven ient quantity of wine to handle. When receiving the keg stand it on end, and bore a one-inch hole about one inch from the rim or chine. This hole should be at the lower side of the keg when laid on its side, the bunghole on the side of the keg being, of course, on top. While boring the hole keep the shavings brushed away as much as pos sible. Have a wooden wine faucet at hand, and let it soak for a few mo ments in water before driving it into the keg. Then throw the keg on its side to see that the key has been turned off and that there is no leakage. While in, this position remove the tin cap over the bunghole, and with a wooden mallet or the flat hammer-end