Recipe - Col George Washingtons Small Beer

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I made this after two Civil War beers (bay leaf/ginger and the spruce
beer). I had molasses and the barm from the second Civil War beer, so I
brewed this. I used 2 ounces of hops. (It really doesn't make much dif
ference what kind. The water is pretty bitter after boiling for an
hour.) I let it ferment a week before bottling. It is undrinkable by
modern standards. The only flavor is the bitterness of the molasses,
followed by the hop bitterness. The flavors never melded; there is just
the distinct double bitterness. One pound of molasses is about one pint in
volume. Most of these historical beer recipes can be found in Brewed in
America, by Stanley Baron.

Recipe By : Thomas Manteufel

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