"SECRETS FOR HOME BREWING" BY AN EXPERIENCED BREWMASTER
Denver: Omaha Extract Company, Expert Formula Company, 1919. Wraps. Pamphlet (3 3/4" x 7 3/4"): 36 pp. including the wrappers. Bound with two staples. Faint smudge to the bottom of page 19. Some mild toning and wear to the wrappers; otherwise very good. Scarce, OCLC locates no holdings.
Published on the eve of the Prohibition era in the United States, this booklet "has been carefully prepared with the idea of giving the best possible formulas that do not require alcohol or spirits in the making. In Dry Territory it is unlawful for a druggist to sell pure alcohol and because of this the writer has endeavored to steer clear of those formulas requiring spirits."
Features 144 formulas, which are divided into four parts: Beer-Ale-Porter, Brandy-Whisky-Gin, Cordial and Punch Beverages, and Wine. Includes instructions for brewing Birch Beer, Farmer's Ale, Mead, Mexican Beer, Milwaukee Beer, Russian Kwass, Victory Beer, Bourbon Whisky, Bitters, Creme de Violette, Spanish Absinthe, Currant Wine, Dandelion Wine, Malmsey Wine, Orange Wine, Sparkling Moselle, Turnip Wine, etc., etc. Very good. Item #80787
Price: $150.00