Spruce Beer. (Beverley.)

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909
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The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (4)
  1. To 9 gallons of water (wine measure) boiled, put, when nearly cold, 2 lbs. of treacle and 2 tablespoonfuls of the essence of spruce.*
  2. Let it stand till quite cold; then put in as much yeast as will make it work.
  3. Let it stand in a barrel 6 days; then bottle it.
  4. If the weather is very cold the barrel should stand near the fire.
Original Text
Spruce Beer. (Beverley.) To 9 gallons of water (wine measure) boiled, put, when nearly cold, 2 lbs. of treacle and 2 tablespoonfuls of the essence of spruce.* Let it stand till quite cold; then put in as much yeast as will make it work. Let it stand in a barrel 6 days; then bottle it. If the weather is very cold the barrel should stand near the fire. * To be had of Licensed Victuallers.
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