At that time just put it in the hole and close it by
degrees till you have got it close. Let it lay in that state at least
a year, and if very strong cyder, such as stire, the longer you keep
it the better it will be in the body; and when you pierce it, if not
bright, force it in the following manner.
A FORCING for CYDER.
Take a gallon of perry or stale beer, put to it one ounce of
isinglass, beat well and cut or pull'd to small pieces; put it to the
perry or beer, and let it steep three or four days. Keep whisking
it together, or else the glass will stick to the bottom, and have no
effect on the liquor. When it comes to a stiff jelly, beat it well in
your can with a whisk, and mix some of the cyder with it, 'till you
have made the gallon four; then put two pounds of brick rubbings to
it, and stir it together with two gallons of cyder more added to it,
and apply to the hogshead; stir it well with your paddle, and shive
it up close. The next day give it vent, and you will find it fine and
bright. If you force perry, cut your isinglass with cyder or stale
beer, for no liquor will force its own body.
To cure ACID CYDER.
It is always to be observ'd, that even weak _alkali_'s cure the
strongest acid, such, for instance, as calcin'd chalk, calcin'd
oyster or scallop-shells, calcin'd egg-shells, alabaster, &c.
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