Bfrugb Beer
Ingredients
Directions
Make the wort
In a large container, combine 10 gallons of boiling water with 10 pounds of sugar and 4 ounces of essence of spruce.
Mix well and let the mixture cool until nearly cold.
Once cooled, add ½ pint of yeast and stir gently.
Bottle
The next day, bottle the beer and secure the caps tightly.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Sugar
- Feeds the yeast, which turns it into alcohol and carbon dioxide, and adds sweetness to the base.
- Yeast
- Ferments the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide, which gives the beer its fizz.
- Essence of spruce
- Provides the main aroma and flavour of the beer.
The step that matters
Let the mixture cool until nearly cold before adding the yeast. Yeast is damaged or killed by high heat, so adding it to hot liquid can stop fermentation before it starts. Cooling first keeps the yeast alive to work on the sugar.
“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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