[ Barley Bear ]
Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.
Source:
Militia Regulations Book
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Reference: MG 100 Vol. 1 No. 5 / Microfilm Reel 786
A recipe for brewing barley beer pasted on the pages of a book of Militia Regulations.
Barley bear
Barley 2 pounds
One pound burnt
black the other [dro--]
1/4 tb hops boil[ed]
with in a thin
bag, in 5 gallons of
Water for 2 hours.
When cool, add ½
a cup of yeast, and
two quarts of molasses
Ferment 12 hours
and bottle the
third day
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