ones recover their bitterness and seem new, then they are to be looked on
as unwholsome; but the pure new Hop is surely of a healthful Nature,
composed of a spirituous flowery part, and a phlegmatick terrene part, and
with the best of the Hops I can either make or mar the Brewing, for if the
Hops are boiled in strong or small worts beyond their fine and pure
Nature, the Liquor suffers, and will be tang'd with a noxious taste both
ungrateful and unwholsome to the Stomach, and if boiled to a very great
Excess, they will be apt to cause Reachings and disturb a weak
Constitution. It is for these Reasons that I advise the boiling two
Parcels of fresh Hops in each Copper of Ale-wort, and if there were three
for keeping Beer, it would be so much the better for the taste, health of
Body and longer Preservation of the Beer in a sound smooth Condition. And
according to this, one of my Neighbours made a Bag like a Pillow-bear of
the ordinary sixpenny yard Cloth, and boil'd his Hops in it half an Hour,
then he took them out, and put in another Bag of the like quantity of
fresh Hops and boiled them half an Hour more, by which means he had an
opportunity of boiling both Wort and Hops their due time, sav'd himself
the trouble of draining them thro' a Sieve, and secured the Seeds of the
Hops at the same time from mixing with the Drink, afterwards he boiled the
same Bags in his small Beer till he got the goodness of it out, but
observe that the Bags were made bigger than what would just contain the
Hops, otherwise it will be difficult to boil out their goodness. It's
true, that here is a Charge encreased by the Consumption of a greater
quantity of Hops than usual, but then how greatly will they answer the
desired end of enjoying fine palated wholsome Drink, that in a cheap time
will not amount to much if bought at the best Hand; and if we consider
their after-use and benefit in small Beer, there is not any loss at all in
their Quantity: But where it can be afforded, the very small Beer would be
much improved if fresh Hops were also shifted in the boiling of this as
well as the stronger worts, and then it would be neighbourly Charity to