THE CONTENTS.
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PART I.
Explanation of technical terms,1
SECTION I.
Of Fire,13
SECTION II.
Of Air,19
SECTION III.
Of Water,24
SECTION IV.
Of Earth,33
SECTION. V.
Of Menstruums or Dissolvents,34
SECTION VI.
Of the Thermometer,39
SECTION VII.
Of the Vine, its fruits, and juices,50
SECTION VIII.
Of fermentation in general,66
SECTION IX.
Of artificial fermentation,80
SECTION X.
Of the nature of Barley,89
SECTION XI.
Of Malting,94
SECTION XII.
Of the different Properties of Malt, and of the number of its fermentable Parts,113
SECTION XIII.
Observations on defective Malts,131
PART II.
SECTION I.
Of the heat of the Air, as it relates to the practical part of Brewing,145
SECTION II.
Of Grinding,157
SECTION III.
Of Extraction,160
SECTION IV.
Of the nature and properties of Hops,201
SECTION V.
Of the lengths necessary to form malt liquors of the several denominations,217
SECTION VI.
Method of calculating the height in the Copper at which worts are to go out,220
SECTION VII.
Of Boiling,224
SECTION VIII.
Of the quantity of Water wasted; and of the application of the preceding rules to two different processes of Brewing,230
SECTION IX.
Of the division of the Water for the respective Worts and Mashes, and of the heat adequate to each of these,234
SECTION X.
An enquiry into the volume of Malt, in order to reduce the Grist to liquid measure,253
SECTION XI.
Of the proportion of cold Water to be added to that which is on the point of boiling, in order to obtain the desired heat in the extract,271
SECTION XII.
Of Mashing,286
SECTION XIII.
Of the incidents, which cause the heat of the extract to vary from the calculation, the allowances they require, and the means to obviate their effects,289
SECTION XIV.
Of the disposition of the Worts when turned out of the Copper, the thickness they should be laid at in the Backs to cool, and the heat they should retain for fermentation, under the several circumstances, 304
SECTION XV.
Of Yeast, its nature and contents, and of the manner and quantities in which it is to be added to the Worts,311
SECTION XVI.
Of practical fermentation, and the management of the several sorts of Malt liquors, to the period at which they are to be cleansed, or put into the casks,318
SECTION XVII.
Of the signs generally directing the processes of Brewing, and their comparison with the foregoing Theory and Practice,327
SECTION XVIII.
An enquiry, into what may be, at all times, a proper stock of Beer, and the management of it in the cellars,331
SECTION XIX.
Of Precipitation, and other remedies, applicable to the diseases incident to Beers,334
SECTION XX.
Of Taste,342
Appendix,349