The London and Country Brewer by Anonymous
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_For Brewing Entire Guile Small Beer_. On the first Liquor they throw some hully Malt to shew the break of it, and when it is very sharp, they let in some cold Liquor, and run it into the Tun milk warm; this is mash'd with thirty or forty pulls of the Oar, and let stand till the second Liquor is ready, which must be almost scalding hot to the back of the Hand, then run it by the Cock into the Tun, mash it up and let it stand an Hour before it is spended off into the Under-back: These two pieces of Liquor will make one Copper of the first wort, without putting any fresh Malt on the Goods; the next Liquor to be Blood-warm, the next sharp, and the next cool or cold; for the general way in great Brewhouses is to let a cool Liquor precede a sharp one, because it gradually opens the Pores of the Malt and Goods, and prepares the way for the hotter Liquor that is to follow. _The several Lengths or Quantities of Drinks that have been made from Malt, and their several Prices, as they have been sold at a common Brewhouse_. For Stout-Beer, is commonly drawn one Barrel off a quarter of Malt, and sold for thirty Shillings _per_ Barrel from the Tun. For Stitch or strong brown Ale, one Barrel and a Firkin, at one and twenty Shillings and Fourpence _per_ Barrel from the Tun. For common brown Ale, one Barrel and a half or more, at sixteen Shillings _per_ Barrel, that holds thirty two Gallons, from the Tun. For Intire small Beer, five or six Barrels off a |
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