Food

1860

Philadelphia Beer

Take 30 gallons of water; brown sugar 20 lbs.; Ginger root bruised 1 -4 lbs.; Cream tartar 1-4 lb.; Carbonate of Soda 3 oz.; 1 teaspoonful of oil of Lemon cut in a little alcohol; whites of 10 eggs well beat; Hops 2 oz.; yeast 1 quart. The ginger root and hops should be boiled 20 or 30 minutes in enough of the water to make all milk warm, then strained into the rest and the yeast added and allowed to work over night and bottled.