ce, and honey was added
until the weight of the liquor was sufficient to bear an egg. It was
then put into a barrel, and after the fermentation commenced, the cask
was filled every day for three or four days, with water, that the filth
might work out of the bung hole. When the fermentation moderated, I put
the bung in loosely, lest stopping it tight, might cause the cask to
burst.--At the end of five or six weeks the liquor was drawn off into a
tub, and the white of eight eggs well beaten up, with a pint of clean
sand, were put into it--I then added a gallon of cider spirit, and after
mixing the whole well together, I returned it into the cask, which was
well cleaned, bunged it tight and placed it in a proper situation for
racking it off when fine. In the month of April following, I drew it off
for use, and found it equal in my opinion, to almost any foreign
wine--in the opinion of many good judges it was superior.

This success has induced me to repeat the experiments for three years,
and I am persuaded that by using the clean honey, instead of the comb,
as above described; such an improvement might be made as would enable
the citizens of the United States, to supply themselves with a truly
federal and wholesome wine, which would not cost more than twenty cents
per gallon, were all the ingredients procured at the market prices, and
would have the peculiar advantage over all other wines, hitherto
attempted in this country, that it contains no foreign mixture
whatever, but is made from ingredients produced on our own farms.

[_Columbian Magazine, November_ 1790.

Doubtless the foregoing wine will be found strong, and if not well
clarified, or rather fined, may be heavy--and therefore will be found
excellent when diluted freely with water, and when about to be drank,
two thirds of water will be found necessary, and an improvement.

Bottling the foregoing wine in April, will certainly render it more
excellent, and I fancy it ought to be drank mixed with water, during
warm weather, and between meals, as in its pure state it may be found
heavy. The gentleman who made the foregoing experiments, drew it off in
kegs--this we presume was done to prevent its souring--as cider will
suffer, and become hard after broaching the cask, whereas whilst full it
remained sound. All American vinous liquors are liable to sour, because
we rarely understand or practice the proper mode of manufacturing.

Complete cleansing and fermentation