Small Beer

Ingredients

• Fifteen gallons of water
• Five gallons of molasses
• Five pounds of wheat bran
• Half a pound of hops
• One quart of good yeast [brewers yeast]

Directions

1. Boil the water, molasses, wheat bran and hops for three hours.
2. Strain the mixture into a clean cask.
3. When milkwarm, pour in a quart of brewers yeast, and shake well.
4. Stop the cask close.
5. Bottle the beer when quite clear.
6. The excellence of the beer depends upon putting in the yeast at the proper time; if too hot or too cold it will not ferment.

Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book and Housekeeper’s Guide.
Prepared by Alexander Frederick
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024