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Old-time recipes for home made wines, cordials and liqueurs from fruits, flowers, vegetables, and shrubs

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Introduction, 11

General Directions for Making Wines 15

Coloring for Wines 17

Fining or Clearing Wine 17

To Flavor Wine 17

To Mellow Wine 18

To Remove the Taste of the Cask from Wine 18

To Remove Ropiness from Wine 18

To Restore Wine, When Sour or Sharp 18

To Make Apple Wine 19

Apricock Wine 19

Balm Wine 20

Barley Wine 20

To Make Beer and Ale from Pea-shells 21

Birch Wine 21

Blackberry Wine 22

Blackberry Wine (Other Methods of Making) 22

Fine Brandy Shrub 24

American Champagne 24

Champagne Cup 25

British Champagne 25

Burgundy Champagne 26

Champagne Cider 26

Champagne Cider, No. 2 27

English Champagne, or the fine Currant Wine, To Make 27

Sham Champagne 28

Cheap and Agreeable Table Beer 28

Cherry Bounce 28

Cherry Bounce, No. 2 29

Cherry Bounce, No. 3 29

Cherry Wine 30

Cherry Wine, No. 2 30

General Rules for Making Cider 31

To Can Cider 34

Boiling Cider 35

To Clear Cider 36

Cider, to Preserve and Keep Sweet 36

Cider Champagne 37

Cherry Cider 37

Devonshire Cider 38

French Cider 39

Western Cider 39

Cider without Apples 40

Cider Wine 41

Clary Wine 41

Fine Clary Wine 42

Clover Wine 42

Cock Ale 43

Cowslip Wine 43

Cowslip or Clary Wine, No. 2 44

Currant Shrub 46

Currant Wine 46

Currant Wine, No. 2 46

Currant Wine, No. 3 48

Currant Wine, No. 4 49

Currant or Gooseberry Wine, without Boiling 49

Cypress Wine, Imitation of 50

Daisy Wine 51

Dandelion Wine 51

Damson Wine 51

Damson, or Black Cherry Wine 52

Ebulum 52

Elder-Flower Wine 53

Elder Wine 53

Elderberry Wine 54

Elder Wine, No. 2 54

Elder Wine, No. 3 55

Elder Wine (Flavored with Hops) 56

Elder Wine, to make at Christmas 57

Elder-Flower Water 58

English Fig Wine 59

Frontignac Wine 59

Ginger Beer 60

Ginger Beer, No. 2 61

Ginger Wine 61

Gooseberry Wine, To Make 62

Gooseberry Wine 62

Gooseberry Wine, No. 2 63

Gooseberry and Currant Wine 64

Pearl Gooseberry Wine 65

Red Gooseberry Wine 65

Red and White Gooseberry Wine 66

White Gooseberry or Champagne Wine 66

Unfermented Grape Juice 66

Grape Wine 67

Grape Wine, No. 2 68

Grape Wine, No. 3 69

Hop Beer 69

Juniper-Berry Wine 70

Koumiss, a Tartar Wine 70

Koumiss 71

Lemon Wine, To Make, 71

Lemon Wine, No. 2, 72

Madeira Wine 72

Malt Wine, or English Sherry 72

Mead 73

Small White Mead 74

Strong Mead, To Make 74

Mead, Metheglin, or Honey Wine 75

Metheglin 76

Molasses Beer 76

Morello Wine 76

Morello Cherry Wine 77

Mountain Wine 77

Mulberry Wine 77

Noyau 78

Orange Wine, To Make 79

Orange or Lemon Wine, Boiled 79

Orange or Lemon Wine without Boiling 80

Orange Wine with Raisins, To Make 81

Orgeat 82

Palermo Wine, To Make 82

Parsnip Wine, To Make 83

Parsnip Wine, No. 2 83

Parsnip Wine, No. 3 84

Peach Wine, To Make 84

Perry or Pear Cider 85

Pineapple Rum 85

Plum Wine 85

Pop, or Ginger Beer 86

Porter 87

Porter, for Bottling 87

Port Wine 88

Port Wine (British) 88

Quince Wine, To Make 89

Quince Wine, No. 2 90

Raisin Wine, 90

Raisin Wine, No. 2 91

Raisin Wine, No. 3 91

Raisin Wine with Sugar 92

Raisin Wine in Imitation of Frontignac 92

Raspberry Wine 93

Raspberry Wine, No. 2 93

Raspberry Wine, No. 3 94

Raspberry Wine, No. 4 94

Raspberry Vinegar 95

Rhubarb Wine 96

Rhubarb Wine, No. 2 96

Root Beer 96

Rose Wine 97

Rum Shrub 98

Sage Wine, To Make 98

Sage Wine Another Way 98

Saratoga Wine or English Sack, To Make 99

Sarsaparilla Mead 99

Schiedam Schnapps, To Imitate, 100

Scurvy-grass Wine, To Make, 100

Sherbet 101

Sherry Wine 102

London Sherry Wine 102

Shrub, To Make 102

Spruce Beer 103

Strawberry Wine, No. 1 103

Strawberry Wine, No. 2 103

Royal Strawberry Acid 104

Sugar Wine, To Make 104

Tears of the Widow of Malabar 105

Tomato Wine 105

Tomato Beer 106

Turnip Wine, To Make 106

Walnut Mead Wine 107

Whortleberry or Bilberry Wine 107

BRANDIES

Apple Brandy 111

Old Apple Brandy 111

Blackberry Brandy 111

Caraway Brandy 111

Black Cherry Brandy 112

Cherry Brandy, No. 1 112

Cherry Brandy, No. 2 112

Cherry Brandy, No. 3 113

Cherry Brandy, No. 4 114

Cherry Brandy, No. 5 114

Lemon Brandy 114

Orange Brandy 115

Poppy Brandy 115

Raspberry Brandy 116

Raspberry Brandy, No. 2 116

Raspberry Brandy, No. 3 117

CORDIALS

Anise-seed Cordial, To Make 121

Blackberry Cordial 121

Blackberry Cordial, No. 2 122

Caraway Cordial 122

Caraway Cordial, No. 2 122

Cedrat Cordial 123

Cinnamon Cordial 123

Strong Cinnamon Cordial 124

Citron Cordial 124

Citron Cordial, No. 2 125

Clove Cordial 125

Clove Cordial, No. 2 125

Coriander Cordial 126

Ginger Cordial 126

Gold Cordial 127

Lemon Cordial, No. 1 127

Lemon Cordial, No. 2 128

Lime Juice Cordial 128

Lovage Cordial 128

Noyau Cordial 129

Orange Cordial 129

Peppermint Cordial, No. 1 130

Peppermint Cordial, No. 2 130

Quince Cordial 130

Rose Cordial 131

Raspberry Cordial 131

Strawberry or Raspberry Cordial 132

Whiskey Cordial 132

LIQUEURS

Anisette de Bourdeaux 137

Crême des Barbadoes 137

Crême de Noyau de Martinique 138

Crême d’Orange of Superior Flavor 139

Eau de Barbadoes 139

Eau de Bigarade 139

Eau Devine 140

Elephant’s Milk 140

Huile de Venus 140

Lignodella 140

Maraschino 141

Marasquin de Groseilles 141

Nectar 142

Noyau 142

Ratafia 142

Ratafia, No. 2 143

Ratafia, No. 3 144

Ratafia d’Angelique 144

Ratafia de Bron de Noix 144

Ratafia de Café 145

Ratafia de Cassis 145

Ratafia des Cerises 145

Ratafia de Chocolat 145

Dry or Sharp Ratafia 145

Ratafia de Grenober 146

Ratafia de Noyau 146

Ratafia d’Ecorces d’Oranges 146

Ratafia de Thuro d’Oranges 147

Ratafia a la Violette 147

Usquebaugh, No. 1 147

Usquebaugh, No. 2 147

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