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1850 WINE RECIPE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Black Americana Start Price:37.50 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
1850 WINE RECIPE
A quirky piece of oenophilia, a recipe for wine penned ca. 1850 on a small blue sheet. The concoction calls for, in part: "...1 Bushel Currants 2 Gall Water, Well Washed squezed & pulp thrown into the tub. Add 3 Gall water to pulp squeezed out before & 3 Galls more of Water squeezed as dry as possible. Strain through a sive w/ Gall of liquid add 3 1/2 lbs of sugar. To the whole add about 1 qt. of brandy & let it work 15 or 20 days with bung out of cask the bung tight". We tried this at Alexander, with excellent results! Light staining, very good.