The publicans' daily companion ; or, plain and interesting directions, to the keepers of wine vaults, and public houses / [Peter Boyle].

  • Boyle, P. (Peter)
Date:
[1795?]
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Credit: The publicans' daily companion ; or, plain and interesting directions, to the keepers of wine vaults, and public houses / [Peter Boyle]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “fill ufed in all the re@tifying houfes in’ London, &c. after the fpirit is clean run through, or rectified, if a glafs or brafs peftle and mortar. I know, in faying this, and by the means of the . publication, I fhall create enemies, but as my fole obje& is. to inftruét, and render fervices to- my fellow fubjeéts, and in the following treatife I fhall prove ufeful to 15073 Publicans, in and about this metropolis, J] fear not the envy of about 73 Gentlemen Diflillers (as they call them- felves) now rolling in their carriages, by means ‘of .the wealth arifing from this difcoveyed fecret, fo long held from a body of men, who labour under fo many difficulties, and pay fo much for leave to, exercife their own calling, I mean the licencea Publicans, and Retailers. I think it my duty, if poffible, to remedy fome— part, by pointingsout to them in the follow- ing publication, the .eafieft “nrethod to fave at Jeaft.one fifth of the fum they now pay forthe “compounds to the trade, or at whatever price they _ ‘may be hereafter; and I fhall alfo prove, that-if they attend to thiefe direftions, their goods will ‘be better in quality, and have a finer flavor than ‘what they purchafe from the Drftillers, : Inthe following treatife, I purpofe to lay down» ‘the management of every kind’ of porter, after tis inthe cellar; the feveral methods of fining | ‘and preparing the fame in all feafons of the year, ‘and efpecially to ‘make porter contain a fine head ae cellar, cyder, &c. &c, is alfo ah obje& ot the ut- ymoft importance, and fhall be treated accordingly. « -In the following work’ will be ‘alfo given, the length and dimenfions’ot the bulge'made ufe of =~ in gaging all kinds of porter and_ale eo REN oe Ft 4hAaE oak e a PEE PI ae ee ae the Rinse <h