To Make Ale Drink Quick

Ingredients

• twelve good raisins of the Sun split and stoned
• six Wheat-corns

Method

1. 1

   When small Ale hath wrought sufficiently, draw into bottles; but first put into every bottle twelve good raisins of the Sun split and stoned; then stop up the bottle close, and set it in sand (gravel) or a cold dry Cellar.

2. 2

   After a while this will drink exceeding quick and pleasant.

3. 3

   Likewise take six Wheat-corns, and bruise them, and put into a bottle of Ale; it will make it exceeding quick and stronger.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 71. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO MAKE ALE DRINK QUICK When small Ale hath wrought sufficiently, draw into bottles ; but first put into every bottle twelve good raisins of the Sun split and stoned ; Then stop up the bottleclose,and set it in sand (gravel) or a cold dry Cellar. After a while this will drink exceeding quick and pleasant. Likewise take six Wheat-corns

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.