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Saw many references to Spruce beer as part of a soldiers ration. Came across a recipe:
Boil a hand full of hops. and twice as much of the chippings of sassafras root. in ten gallons of water; stain it and pour in, while hot, one gallon of molasses, two spoonsful of the essence of spruce, two spoonsful of powdered ginger and one of powered allspic; put in in a cask and when sufficiently cold, ad a half pint of good yeast; stir it weel, stop it close, and when fermented and clear, bottle and cork it tight.
Boil a hand full of hops. and twice as much of the chippings of sassafras root. in ten gallons of water; stain it and pour in, while hot, one gallon of molasses, two spoonsful of the essence of spruce, two spoonsful of powdered ginger and one of powered allspic; put in in a cask and when sufficiently cold, ad a half pint of good yeast; stir it weel, stop it close, and when fermented and clear, bottle and cork it tight.