How to Give a Prettie Grace unto the Spirit of Wine #1
Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.
Source The Jewell House of Art and Nature, Sir Hugh Platt, 1594, cited in Basic Brewing by Lord Tadhg macAedain uiChonchobhair — original
Ingredients
spirit of wine
the rinde of a civel sower Orange, or Lymon
rosemary
annis seedes
sweet fennell seedes
Method
If you infuse the same uppon the rinde of a civel sower Orange, or Lymon, you shall finde a pleasaunt and comfortable taste thereby, or if you woulde not have the same descried by his colour, you may redistill the spirit so tincted in balneo.
Some give a tuch unto the spirit of wing with rosemary, some with annis seedes, some with sweet fennell seedes: som with one seed, or hearbe, and some with another, by infusing the same a day or two upon them.
Notes
The base recipe behind Caryl's three citrus-peel redactions.
This recipe predates 1700 and is quoted from its original printed source. Spelling is left exactly as printed.
