Reconstitute the grape juice according to package directions. Mix all the juices together & refrigerate. Add the soda just before serving.

Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon yellow, then beat in 1 cup confectioners sugar. Add slowly the rye, rum and peach liquer. Beat until smooth. Add the milk and half-and-half. Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry, gradually adding 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar. Fold the egg whites into the batter. Just […]

Dissolve the extracts in 5 gallons of brewing water. Bring to boil. After 15 minutes, add bittering hops. Boil 60 minutes total. Turn off heat and add finishing hops. Cool as rapidly as possible to 60-70F. Rack to fermenter, fill to 5 gallons, pitch yeast, relax, etc. Ferment as cool as you can muster, to […]

Combine the cider, sugar and spices in a large saucepan. Heat slowly to boiling. Boil 3-5 minutes. remove spices. Serve hot garnished with orange slices, lemon slices, or rings of unpared red apple with whole cloves forced through peel. 16 servings. If desired, chill spiced cider and serve over ice cubes made from apple juice.

Put frozen juices in a medium-size punch bowl or large pitcher. Stir in water. Add tequila, ginger ale, and if desired, about 1/4 cup grenadine. Add ice; stir again. Garnish with lime slices. Makes 12 cups.

Blend all the ingredients of Recipe 1 in a heavy duty blender set on high speed for 60 seconds. Pour into a second container, chill and reserve. Blend ingredients for Recipe 2 in a heavy duty blender for 60 seconds. Take both set of ingredients and pour into one glass at the same time, thus […]

The Bartlett pear is the best to use for liqueur making. It is juicy, sweet, and smooth. Season is July to Nov. Avoid ones with cuts, bruises, dark spots, or decay. Slice pears (and apple if desired) and add to other ingredients., adding sugar syrup last. Stir gently and steep 3 weeks. Strain and filter. […]

Add honey, malt, and boiling hops to 5 gallons of water. Boil for one hour, skimming the surface every few minutes to remove the assorted bee antennae and eyeballs from the unfiltered honey. Lightly crush the cinnamon bark and add during the final 10 minutes of the boil. Add the finishing hops 3 minutes from […]

Mash pale malt and steel cut oats in 5 quarts of water. Sparge with 2 1/4 English 2-row pale malt, 1 lb. of steel cut oats, mashed in 5 qts. Added dark extract and dark DME to the wort and boiled with 2 oz. of Centennial leaf hops (AU=11.1, total=22.2 WHOOPS!) Good thing I like […]

A rich cake, this improves with keeping in an airtight tin. Very nice served with tea. Preheat oven to 325F (165C). Generously grease an 8-inch square baking pan; set aside. Sift flour, salt, baking soda and ground ginger into a large bowl. Stir in raisins (plump then in some sherry or water before using), candied […]