To Still Mrs Spencer Spirets [spirits]

Title: To Still Mrs Spencer Spirets [spirits]
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A process for making a distilled grain alcohol using malt.
Transcript: 2 pecks of Malt small Ground Mashed as for table Bear & coverd very Cloas for 3 or 4 hours- then put in Six Galons of Ale Grounds then as much Cold watter as will Temper it for barm then work & beat it in as you do for drink- let it be 3 or 4 days ear you still it to Every still full an hand full of Salt- when you still it over a Gain add a good quantety of Watter
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Contributor: Grimm, Stephanie; Salahuddin, Shafiya; Caylor, Karmen; Le, Vincent
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

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