BLACK OR DE^-^ERRY WINE. 169 



BLACK OR DEWBEREY WINE. 



An excellent wine and a valuable medicine 

 for home use. To make a wine equal to jDort 

 wine, take ripe blackberrieSj or dewberries are 

 best; press out the juice, let it stand thirty-six 

 hours to ferment, skim off whatever rises to the 

 top, then to every gallon of the juice add one 

 quart of water and 3 pounds of white sugar. 

 Let this stand in open vessels for 24 hours, skim 

 and strain it, then barrel it up until March, 

 when it should be racked off carefully from the 

 dregs, and bottled up for use. 



GAS BEER. 



For 8 gallon vessel — take three pints of fresh 

 yeast, 3 pints of ISTew Orleans molasses, put in- 

 to your keg, then add 3 gallons of fresh water, 

 bung up, and shake to mix well. Then take a 

 tin bucket and put in one tea spoonful of ground 

 cinnamon, 1 of ground cloves, 3 table spoonsful 

 of ground allspice, 1 of ginger, 3 pints of mo- 

 lasses, then pour on it hot water and mix well; 



