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a big stone mortar or otherwise an iron kettle. Then put the berries in a tub,
pour fresh well water on them and let them stand over night. Over another tub
put wooden sticks and straw, well cleaned; pour the berries thereon and let the
liquid run through 3 or 4 times, until it looks clear. Meanwhile scald 1/2 pound
of hops and put it with some water over the fire to boil with steady stirring.
Then add this to the juniper liquid and stir so as to make it a little warm.
Then stir into it some good beer yeast; now cover it with a clean cloth and on
that a felt, and thus it must remain until it rises. Press out the substance in
the straw by hot water and add to it the risen ade, making the keg full. It is
to be preserved in a cellar or other cool place.
Ginger ale.
Put 15 gallons well water over the fire, and when boiling immerse 1 1/2 pounds
sugar, 1/2 pound pounded ginger and less than 4 ounces cream of tartar, take it
immediately from the fire and pour it into a
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