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Bottled Small Beer

A small beer made by mixing water, molasses, ginger, and porter, then bottling.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Eliza Leslie · From a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg) · 2 ingredients
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Bottled Small Beer

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Take a quart bottle of the very best brisk porter.

  2. Mix it with four quarts of water, a pint of molasses, and a tablespoonful of ginger.

Bottle and rest

  1. Bottle it, ensuring the corks are of the very best kind.

  2. It will be fit for use in three or four days.

By Eliza Leslie. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Molasses
Adds sweetness and a deep, rich flavour that balances the bitterness of the porter.
Brisk porter (in the method)
Provides the base beer flavour and character of the drink.

The step that matters

Bottling with good corks. A tight seal keeps the carbonation and aroma inside the bottle and protects the drink from air. Loose or poor corks let it go flat and can let in spoilage.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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