George Washington's Beer
In honor of President’s Day weekend, I present you a real homebrew recipe from the Father of Our Country: George Washington. Not only could he not tell a lie, but he apparently was a pretty mean brewer in his day.
“To Make Small Beer:
Take a large siffer full of bran hops to your taste-boil these 3 hours. Then strain our 30 gall[o]n into a cooler put in 3 gall[o]n molasses while the beer is scalding hot or rather draw the molasses into the cooler. Strain the beer on it while boiling hot, let this stand till it is little more than blood warm. Then put in a quart of ye[a]st if the weather is very cold cover it over with a blank[et] let it work in the cask-Leave the bung open till it is almost done working-Bottle it that day week it was brewed.”
Cooler? Wow, I didn’t know Igloo made stuff to keep your beer on ice way back then. ;)
Cheers!
Posted by Lisa Morrison on February 16, 2012
