Pare and slice a number of turnips, put them into a cider press, and
press out all the juice. To every gallon of the juice, add three
pounds of lump sugar; have a vessel ready large enough to hold the
juice, and put half a pint of brandy to every gallon. Pour in the
juice and lay something over the bung for a week, to see if it works;
if it does, do not bung it down till it has done working; then stop
it close for three months, and draw it off into another vessel, when
it is fine bottle it off.
This is an excellent wine for gouty habits, and is much recommended
in such cases in lieu of any other wine.