340 UTENSILS ANECDOTE MALT-MILL VENT PEG. 



wooden utensils to brew two bushels will cost 21. 5s. ; 

 for three bushels, 31. ; for five bushels, about 41. A 

 family for brewing a considerable quantity, generally 

 expends about 10/. in utensils, including the casks. 

 A wine pipe cut down, as has been said, makes a 

 good mash- tub. Price of a half firkin or pin, 4<s. 6d. . 

 a firkin, nine, gallons, 6*. ; of a kilderkin, IS gallons, 

 14*.; of a halfhhd. 27 gallons, 20s. ; of a barrel, 36 

 gallons, 23s. Our writers on brewing seem to 

 agree in the adoption of one generic term for casks, 

 calling them all barrels. 



Ana being a-la-mode, I may not neglect the op- 

 portunity of treating the reader with one, which 

 comes a-propos in this place. Perambulating the 

 metropolis, I observed a large cooperage. It oc- 

 curred to me as a good opportunity, to inquire the 

 present prices of brewing utensils, and whether any 

 novelty or improvement had supervened. The 

 master was called, and he appeared with a due 

 degree of attention. I announced my inquiries. On 

 the sudden, wheeling to the right about, and turning 

 his back upon me, Mr. Cooper said, with an ex- 

 pression of sangfroid and much consequence, " If 

 you wait on me when I am not so much engaged, 

 I'll tell you all about it." I, in course, preferred 

 seeking another cooper, and of inferior calibre. 



I should have quoted the price of a steel mill to 

 grind malt, which may be had at Plenty's, Smith- 

 field, for 4<l. 4tf. A bushel is ground in seven or eight 

 minutes. There is a new brass vent peg, which 

 screws into the cask, and is thence tight and secure 

 for any length of keeping. It may be had of any 



