Grape Wine

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
10.0 gallons
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (6)
Instructions (8)
  1. Pick and squeeze the grapes.
  2. Strain them.
  3. To each gallon of juice put two gallons of water.
  4. Put the pulp into the measured water; squeeze it.
  5. Add three pounds and a half of loaf-sugar, or good West India, to a gallon.
  6. Let it stand about six weeks.
  7. Then add a quart of brandy and two eggs not broken to every ten gallons.
  8. Bung it down close.
Original Text
Grape Wine. Pick and squeeze the grapes; strain them, and to each gallon of juice put two gallons of water. Put the pulp into the measured water; squeeze it, and add three pounds and a half of loaf-sugar, or good West India, to a gallon. Let it stand about six weeks; then add a quart of brandy and two eggs not broken to every ten gallons. Bung it down close. [388]
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