You must warm
your solution of honey, when you put it in, to be as warm as Ale, when you
Tun it; and then it will set the whole a working a fresh, and casting out
more foulness; which it would do too violently, if you put it in at the
first of the Tunning it. It is not amiss that some feculence lie thick upon
the Ale, and work not all out; for that will keep in the spirits. After
you have dissolved the honey in the Ale, you must boil it a little to skim
it; but skim it not, till it have stood a while from the fire to cool; else
you will skim away much of the Honey, which will still rise as long as it
boileth. If you will not make so great a quantity at a time, do it in less
in the same proportions. He makes it about Michaelmas for Lent.
When strong Beer groweth too hard, and flat for want of Spirits, take four
or five Gallons of it out of a Hogshead, and boil five pounds of honey in
it, and skim it, and put it warm into the Beer; and after it hath done
working, stop it up close. This will make it quick, pleasant and stronger.
SMALL ALE FOR THE STONE
The Ale, that I used to drink constantly of, was made in these proportions.
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