Food

1860

Spruce or Aromatic Beer

Take 3 gal. water, 1 quar and 1-2 pint molasses, 3 eggs well beat, 1 gill yeast; into 2 quarts of the water boiling hot, put 50 drops of any oil you wish the favor of; or mix 1 oz. each, oils of Sasafras, Spruce and Wintergreen, then use 50 drops of the mixed oils, mix all and strain; let it stand 2 hours, then bottle, bearing in mind that yeast must not be put in when the fluid would scald the hand. Boiling water cuts oils for Beers, equal to alcohol.