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Bran Yeast

A good serviceable yeast can be made from a pint of bran boiled in two quarts of water for ten minutes, with a handful of good hops. Strain the liquor, and when lukewarm, add three or four table-spoonfuls of beer yeast, and two of brown sugar or treacle; put it into a jar or small wooden cask, and place it before the fire to ferment; when well worked it may be bottled, tightly corked, and kept in a cool place.