Damson Wine

The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickle... · S. Beaty-Pownall · 1902
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The Queen Cookery Books. No.3. Pickles and Preservatives
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (9)
  1. Boil together equal quantities of sugar and water.
  2. Add the stalked fruit and boil it together till it is all in a mash, allowing 6lb. of fruit to the gallon of syrup.
  3. Strain it off into a clean tub, pressing it to get out all the juice.
  4. Let it ferment as before.
  5. Draw it off.
  6. Put it into a cask with the gelatine (as in Red Wine), and a quart of brandy for every four gallons.
  7. Do not bottle for a year.
  8. Strain through flannel into the bottles.
  9. Cork down well and store for another year before drinking.
Original Text
Damson Wine.—Boil together equal quantities of sugar and water, then add the stalked fruit, and boil it together till it is all in a mash, allowing 6lb. of fruit to the gallon of syrup; now strain it off into a clean tub, pressing it to get out all the juice, and let it ferment as before; then draw it off, put it into a cask with the gelatine (as in Red Wine), and a quart of brandy for every four gallons. Do not bottle for a year, and then strain through flannel into the bottles, cork down well and store for another year before drinking.
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