Take of cold soft water, 18 gallons, Malaga raisins, 35 lbs. white tartar, in fine powder, 2 oz. Ferment. Mix cowslip-flowers, 16 lbs. Add white brandy, 1 gallon. This will make 18 gallons. 212. COWSLIP MEAD. Is made in this manner: to 15 gallons of water put 30 pounds of honey, and boil it till one gallon be wasted. Skim it, take it off the fire, and have ready 16 lemons cut in halves. Take a gallon of the liquor, and put it to the lemons. Put the rest of the liquor into a tub with seven pecks of cowslips, and let them stand all night. Then put in the liquor with the lemons, 8 spoonsful of new yeast, and a handful of sweetbriar. Stir them all well together, and let it work three or four days; then strain it, put it into the cask, and after it has stood six months, bottle it off. 213. CIDER WHITE WINE. Take of cold soft water, 2 quarts, cider, 9 gallons, honey, 8 pounds, white tartar, in fine powder, 2 oz. Ferment. Mix cinnamon, cloves, and mace, 2 oz. Add rum, half a gallon. This will make 9 gallons. 214. CIDER RED WINE. Take of cold soft water, 3 gallons, cider, 16 gallons, honey, 10 pounds. Ferment. Add raw sugar, 4 pounds, beet-root, sliced, 4 pounds, red tartar, in fine powder, 6 oz. Mix sweet marjorum and sweetbriar, 3 handsful, rum, 1 gallon. This will make 18 gallons. 215. CIDER WINE. Take of cold soft water, 4 gallons, cider, 15 gallons, honey, 12 pounds, tartar, in fine powder, 2 oz. Ferment. Mix ginger, in powder, 6 oz. sage and mint, 2 handsful. Add British spirits, 1 gallon. This will make 18 gallons. 216. GRAPE RED WINE. Take of cold soft water, 5 gallons, black, or red grapes, 40 pounds. Ferment. Mix cider, 9 gallons, raw sugar, 20 pounds, barberry leaves, 3 handsful, beet-root, sliced, 2 pounds, red tartar, in powder, 4 ounces. Add white elder-flowers, 6 handsful, or sassafras chips, 4 pounds. Brandy, 1 gallon. This will make 18 gallons. 217. _Another._ Take of cold soft water, 6 gallons, grapes, of any colour, 30 pounds. Ferment. Mix treacle, 10 pounds, beet-root, sliced, 1½ pounds, red tartar, in powder, 2 ounces. Add rosemary leaves, 2 handsful, brandy, ½ a gallon. This will make 9 gallons. 218. _Another._ Take of cold soft water, 8 gallons, grapes, of any sort, 100 pounds. Ferment. Mix raw sugar, 20 pounds, beet-root, sliced, 4 pounds, barberry-leaves, 4 handsful, red tartar, in powder, 6 ounces. Add coriander seed, bruised, 2 ounces, brandy, 6 quarts. This will make 18 gallons. 219. GRAPE WHITE WINE.