item: #1 of 3 id: 35597 author: Hughes, E. title: A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer date: None words: 7129 flesch: 62 summary: This may not seem consistent, as mild ales and small beer seldom have any hops put into the casks; but when a cask of beer is a considerable time at tap, it will certainly want something to feed on; this is one cause why small beer generally turns sour when it is nearly out; now by using the before mentioned hops it will be found to be a considerable remedy to prevent both mild ales and small beer from being hard and unpleasant. As I said before, small beer is too frequently neglected, because the master or mistress of a family drink but a small quantity of it. keywords: beer; brewing; malt; tun; water cache: 35597.txt plain text: 35597.txt item: #2 of 3 id: 8900 author: Anonymous title: The London and Country Brewer date: None words: 30807 flesch: 45 summary: It formerly being thought an unwholsome Ingredient, and till of late a great breeder of the Stone in the Bladder, but now that falacious Notion is obviated by Dr_.Quincy_ and others, who have proved that Malt Drink much tinctured by the Hop, is less prone to do that mischief, than Ale that has fewer boiled in it. Beer from sixteen Bushels of Barley Malt, one of Wheat, one of Beans, one of Pease and one of Oat Malt, besides hanging a Bag of Flower taken out of the last four Malts in the Hogshead for the Drink to feed on, nor can a certain Time Be limited and adjusted for the Tapping of any Drink (notwithstanding what has been affirmed to the contrary) because some Hops will not be rotted so soon as others, and some Drinks will not fine so soon as others; as is evident in the Pale Malt Drinks, that will seldom or never break so soon in the Copper as the Brown sort, nor will they be so soon ripe and fit to Tap as the high dryed Malt Drink will. keywords: ale; barley; beer; body; boiling; brewing; cask; copper; drink; fine; good; half; hops; hour; malt; malt liquors; quantity; time; use; water; wort; yeast cache: 8900.txt plain text: 8900.txt item: #3 of 3 id: 9406 author: Keitel, Adolph title: Government by the Brewers? date: None words: 5165 flesch: 63 summary: I have been intimately associated with many brewers throughout the country. Brewers fear woman suffrage XX. keywords: association; beer; brewers; chapter; crime; people; public; saloons; states; vice cache: 9406.txt plain text: 9406.txt