To Make Cock-Ale

Name: To Make Cock-Ale
Ingredients: eight Gallons of Ale; take a Cock and boil him well; four pounds of Raisins of the Sun; two or three Nutmegs; three or four flakes of Mace; half a pound of Dates; two quarts of the best Sack

From The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened, 1910

A traditional ale with a unique flavor profile.

Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 94. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO MAKE COCK-ALE Take eight Gallons of Ale ; take a Cock and boil him well ; then take four pounds of Raisins of the Sun well stoned, two or three Nutmegs, three or four flakes of Mace, half a pound of Dates ; beat these all in a Mortar, and put to them two quarts of the best Sack

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