by dawg waterer » Thursday Nov 04, 2004 12:14 pm
While it is possible to type "Cock Ale" into a search engine and see a number of recipes, I shall post one here to aid interest and enthusiasm in the topic!
Take a cock of half a year old, kill and truss him well, and put into a cask twelve gallons of ale to which add four pounds of raisins of the sun well picked, stoned, washed and dryed; sliced dates half a pound; nutmeg and mace two ounces: Infuse the dates and spices in a quart of canary twenty-four hours, then boil the cock in a manner to a jelly, till a gallon of water is reduced to two quarts; then press the body of him extremely well and put the liquor into the cask where the ale is, with the spices and fruit adding a few blades of mace, then put to it a pint of new ale yeast, and let it work well for a day, and in two days you may broach it for use or in hot weather the second day, and if it proves too strong, you may add more plain ale to palliate this restorative drink which contributed much to the invigorating of nature.
The London and Country Brewer - 1774