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the glasses exceeding close, and set them in a temperate Cellar. Let them
stand so, till you see that the Sack hath drawn out all the principal
tincture from them, and that the flowers begin to look palish; (with an eye
of pale, or faint in Colour) Then pour the Sack from them, and throw away
the exhausted flowers, or distil a spirit from them; For if you let them
remain longer in the Sack, they will give an earthy tast to them. You may
then put the tincted Sack into fit bottles for your use, stopping them very
close. But if the season of the flowers be not yet past, your Sack will be
better, if you put it upon new flowers, which I conceive will not be the
worse, but peradventure the better, if they be a little dried in the shade.
If you drink a Glass or two of this sack at a meal, you will find it a
great Cordial.
Upon better consideration; I conceive the best way of making Hydromel with
Clove-gilly-flowers, is thus: Boil your simple Liquor to its full height
(with three parts of water to one of Honey), take a small parcel out, to
make a strong infusion of flowers, pouring it boyling hot upon the flowers
in earthen vessels.
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