Cowslip Wine

Ingredients

• To every gallon of water
• 3 lb lump sugar
• the rind of 2 lemons
• the juice of 1
• the rind and juice of 1 Seville orange
• 1 gallon cowslip pips
• To every 4-1/2 gallons of wine
• 1 bottle brandy

Instructions

1. Boil the sugar and water together for 1/2 hour, carefully removing all the scum as it rises.
2. Pour this boiling liquor on the orange and lemon-rinds, and the juice, which should be strained;
3. when milk-warm, add the cowslip pips or flowers, picked from the stalks and seeds; and to 9 gallons of wine 3 tablespoonfuls of good fresh brewers' yeast.
4. Let it ferment 3 or 4 days;
5. then put all together in a cask with the brandy, and let it remain for 2 months, when bottle it off for use.