Birch Wine

The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickle... · S. Beaty-Pownall · 1902
Source
The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickles and Preservatives
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (4)
  1. To each gallon of the birch-tree sap put 4lb. loaf sugar, and the thinly pared rind of a lemon.
  2. Boil and skim this well.
  3. When cool add a toast with fresh yeast.
  4. Let it ferment for four or five days, then cork it down closely, and in four weeks rack it off and bottle.
Original Text
Birch Wine.—To each gallon of the birch-tree sap put 4lb. loaf sugar, and the thinly pared rind of a lemon. Boil and skim this well. and when cool add a toast with fresh yeast; let it ferment for four or five days, then cork it down closely, and in four weeks rack it off and bottle.
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