Grape Wine

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (8)
  1. Put a gallon of water to a gallon of grapes.
  2. Bruise the grapes well.
  3. Let them stand a week without stirring.
  4. Draw off the liquor.
  5. Put three pounds of sugar to a gallon of the wine.
  6. Put it into a vessel, but do not fasten it up with your bung, till it has done hissing.
  7. Let it stand two months, and it will draw clear and fine.
  8. If you think proper, you may then bottle it, but remember your cork is quite close, and keep it in a good dry cellar.
Original Text
PUT a gallon of water to a gallon of grapes. Bruise the grapes well, let them stand a week without stirring, and then draw off the liquor. Put to a gallon of the wine three pounds of sugar, and then put it into a vessel, but do not fasten it up with your bung, till it has done hissing. Let it stand two months, and it will draw clear and fine. If you think proper, you may then bottle it, but remember your cork is quite close, and keep it in a good dry cellar.
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