72 THE PRESERVATION OF CIDER AND PERRY. 



But harsher Fluids diliferent length of time 

 Expect : thy Flask will slowly mitigate 

 The Elliots roughness, Stirom firmest Fruit, 

 Embottled (long as Priameian Troy 

 Withstood the Greeks) endures e'er justly mild. 

 Softened by age it Youthful Vigour gains. 

 Fallacious Drink ! Ye honest men beware 

 Nor trust its Smoothness ; the third circling Glass 

 Suffices Virtue." 



Phillips, Cyder. 



Nor does the poet in any way exaggerate, either the durability, 

 or the strength of Cider. A supply of good Foxwhelp Cider, made 

 in a good year, would have refreshed the warriors for twice, or 

 thrice, or even four times the duration of the siege of Troy. It 

 will retain its full flavour for twenty or thirty years, and a strength 

 moreover, that would require the three permitted glasses to be of 

 moderate size. 



Cider or Perry in cask of ordinary quality does not travel well. 

 It is apt to undergo renewed fermentation, and lose all its pleasant 

 qualities. The Cider made in Normandy is much used for sea- 

 faring purposes, and the French chemists have had great difficulty 

 to enable it to bear the rolling of the ships at sea. It is with this 

 view in great measure, that, as we have shown, they add Tannin 

 and a small portion of Alcohol to the liquor after the first racking. 

 Economy prevents the addition of sufficient Alcohol to preserve it, 

 and after a number of elaborate experiments, M. Pasteur has 

 proved that the best plan for preserving it safely, is to bring the 

 Cider up to high temperature by artificial heat, and they have 

 established furnaces for this purpose in all their great manufactories. 

 The process however does not improve the quality of the liquor, 

 though it does not render it less effective in preventing scurvy — that 

 dread scourge of seafarers — Good well-made Cider should however 

 travel in cask anywhere in season, and it will safely do so, if its 

 quality is what it generally might be in Herefordshire. In bottles it 

 travels very well in cool weather. 



