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femuse · 11-25-2004, 01:46 AM

A good old English recipe

Take a cask of new ale, add a sack containing an old rooster, mashed to a pulp, raisins, mace, and cloves, and let the mixture infuse for a week or so.

"Boston Beer Co. recently whipped up some cock-ale from a recipe from Compleat Housewife (a British cookbook from 1736), out of 12 gallons of beer, "one large and elderly cockerel," raisins, mace and cloves.

According to Koch, the founder of Boston Beer Co., the beer was a great success. "People loved the idea (after they got over a little shock) and were surprised at how tasty it was," he claimed. I'm sure.
Given the coffee-, maple-, and hazelnut-flavored beers that crowd our shelves, can poultry-flavored beer be far behind? "

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11-25-2004, 01:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
femuse Senior International Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 209 femuse is an unknown character at this point	Cocktail cock-ale A good old English recipe Take a cask of new ale, add a sack containing an old rooster, mashed to a pulp, raisins, mace, and cloves, and let the mixture infuse for a week or so. "Boston Beer Co. recently whipped up some cock-ale from a recipe from Compleat Housewife (a British cookbook from 1736), out of 12 gallons of beer, "one large and elderly cockerel," raisins, mace and cloves. According to Koch, the founder of Boston Beer Co., the beer was a great success. "People loved the idea (after they got over a little shock) and were surprised at how tasty it was," he claimed. I'm sure. Given the coffee-, maple-, and hazelnut-flavored beers that crowd our shelves, can poultry-flavored beer be far behind? " from The straight dope
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