_Of the Pleasure and Profit of Private Brewing, and the Charge of buying
Malt Liquors_.
Here I am to treat of the main Article of shewing the difference between
brewing our own Ales and Beers, and buying them, which I doubt not will
appear so plain and evident, as to convince any Reader, that many Persons
may save well towards half in half, and have their Beer and Ale strong,
fine and aged at their own Discretion: A satisfaction that is of no small
weight, and the rather since I have now made known a Method of Brewing a
Quantity of Malt with a little Copper and a few Tubs, a Secret that has
long wanted Publication; for now a Person may Brew in a little Room, and
that very safely by keeping his Wort from Foxing, as I have already
explained, which by many has been thought impossible heretofore; and this
Direction is the more Valuable as there are many Thousands who live in
Cities and Towns, that have no more than a few Yards Square of Room to
perform a private Brewing in. And as for the trouble, it is easy to
account for by those who have time enough on their Hands, and would do
nothing else if they had not done this: Or if a Man is paid half a Crown a
Day for a Quantity accordingly: Or if a Servant can do this besides his
other Work for the same Wages and Charge, I believe the following account
will make it appear it is over-ballanc'd considerably, by what such a
Person may save in this undertaking, besides the Pleasure of thoroughly
knowing the several Ingredients and Cleanliness of the Brewer and
Utensils. In several of the Northern Counties of _England_, where they
have good Barley, Coak-dryed Malt, and the Drink brewed at Home, there are
seldom any bad Ales or Beers, because they have the Knowledge in Brewing
so well, that there are hardly any common Brewers amongst them: In the
West indeed there are some few, but in the South and East Parts there are
many; and now follows the Account, that I have Stated according to my own
general Practice, viz.
_A Calculation of the Charge and Profit of Brewing six Bushels of Malt for
a private Family_.
£. s. d.
Six Bushels of Malt at 2s. 8d.
_per_ Bushel, Barley being this )
Year 1733. sold for 14s. _per_ ) 0 16 0
Quarter by the Farmer )