Elderberry 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 (7)
Instructions (14)
  1. On to a gallon of elderberries pour a gallon of boiling water and let it stand for twelve hours.
  2. Strain it off.
  3. Boil the liquor with 3 1/2 lb. of loaf sugar.
  4. When boiling, clarify with the whites of three or four eggs.
  5. Strain it through a jelly bag.
  6. Add to it 1/2 oz. of ground ginger for every gallon of wine.
  7. Let it boil together for a little more.
  8. Pour it into the tub.
  9. When cool put in the toast spread with yeast as before.
  10. Let it ferment for a few days.
  11. Draw it off carefully and put into a cask previously rinsed out with brandy.
  12. If to be kept, add half a pint of brandy to each gallon.
  13. Let it stand for six months.
  14. Bottle off.
Original Text
Elderberry Wine.—On to a gallon of elderberries pour a gallon of boiling water and let it stand for twelve hours; then strain it off, and boil the liquor with 3½lb. of loaf sugar; when boiling, clarify with the whites of three or four eggs, strain it through a jelly bag, and add to it ½oz. of ground ginger for every gallon of wine, and let it boil together for a little more; then pour it into the tub and when cool put in the toast spread with yeast as before. Let it ferment for a few days, then draw it off carefully and put into a cask previously rinsed out with brandy. If to be kept, add half a pint of brandy to each gallon. Let it stand for six months, then bottle off.
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