Ale, to drink in a week.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Yield: 8.0 gallons
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

Ale ↝ Beverages, carbonated, ginger ale [Beverages]
ginger sliced ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
an orange stuck full of cloves, and cut here and there with a knife ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]
cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a pound and a half of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (3)

Tun it into a vessel which will hold eight gallons, and, when it has done working and is ready to bottle, put in some ginger sliced, an orange stuck full of cloves, and cut here and there with a knife, and a pound and a half of sugar.
With a stick stir it well together, and it will work afresh.
When it has done working, bottle it: cork the bottles well; set them bottom upwards; and the ale will be fit to drink in a week.

Original Text

Ale, to drink in a week.

Tun it into a vessel which will hold eight gallons, and, when it has done working and is ready to bottle, put in some ginger sliced, an orange stuck full of cloves, and cut here and there with a knife, and a pound and a half of sugar. With a stick stir it well together, and it will work afresh. When it has done working, bottle it: cork the bottles well; set them bottom upwards; and the ale will be fit to drink in a week.

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