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To Imitate Sweet Cider
Take water, 100 gallons; honey, 5 gallons; catechu powdered, 3 ounces; alum, 5 ounces; yeast, 2 pints. Ferment for 15 days in a warm place (in the sun if possible); then add bitter almonds, 1/2 pound; cloves, 1/2 pound; burnt The art of brewing is simply and easily understood, cleansugar, 2 pints; whiskey, 3 gallons. If acid liness and attention being the principal points be in excess, correct by adding honey or to be considered. It consists of five operasugar. If too sweet, add sulphuric acid to tions, namely: mashing, boiling, cooling, fersuit the taste. We should prefer to add cider menting, and cleaning. The first process is vinegar for acidulating when necessary.