^o Aphorifnts cancernhiQ^ Cider. 



cUy^, tp keep" it moift, and renewed as oft as need (hall require 5 

 for if the clay grows dry it gives vent to the fpirits of the LiquoTy 

 by which it fuffers decay. 



I am againft either the boyling of Cider ^ or the hanging of a bag 

 of Spices in it, or the ufe of Ginger in drinking it ; by which 

 things people labour to correft that windineji which they fancy to 

 be in it; I think C/Wer noimndy-, thofe that ufe to drink it are 

 moft free from rvindineji •■) perhaps the virtue of it is fuch, as that 

 once ripened and mellowed, the drinking of it in fuch flrength 

 combates with that wind which lies infenfibly latent in the body. 

 The Cider made and fold here in London in Bottles may have that 

 Tpindinejs with it as Bottle-beer hath, becaufe they were never fuf- 

 fered to ferment : But thofe that have remarked the ftrength and 

 vigour of its fermentation^ what weighty things it will caft up 

 from the bottome to the top, and with how many bubbles and 

 bladders of vpind it doth vpork^ will believe that it clears it lelf 

 by that operation of all fuch injurious qualities. 



To prcferve Cider in Bottles I recommend unto you my own 

 Experience^ which is. Not to bottle it up before fermentation^ 

 for that incorporates the windy quality^ which otherwife would be 

 cjefted by that operation : This violent fuppreffion of fermenta- 

 tion xTiakes it v^indy in drinking, (though I confefs brisks to the 

 tajie^ and ^rightly cutting to the Falate : ) But after fermentati- 

 on:, the Cider refting two, three, or four Months, draw it, and 

 bottle it up, and fo lay it in a Repoftory of cool Jpringing voater, 

 two or three foot, or more, deep •■, this keeps the jpirits, and the 

 beft of the ^irits of it together : This makes it drink quick and 

 lively -J it comes into the glafi not pale or troubled, but bright 

 yellow^, with a fpeedy vanilhing nittinefs^ (as the Vintners call it) 

 which evaporates with a fparkjing and whi'z,%ing noiie j And than 

 this I never tafted either Wine or Cider that pleafed better : Info- 

 - much that a Noble-man tafting of a Bottle out of the tvater (him- 

 felf a great Cideriji") protefted the excellency of it , and made 

 with much greater charges, at his own dwelling, a vpater Repofi- 

 Jitory for his Cider , with good fuccefs. 



