SC - 'lightly fizzy' drink?'
CBlackwill at aol.com
CBlackwill at aol.com
Sat Jun 24 01:29:24 PDT 2000
In a message dated 6/23/00 4:50:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, allilyn at juno.com
writes:
> Couldn't a stoneware bottle, or even a very well made leather bottle,
> hold up to the pressure of a 'lightly fizzy' drink? You would want to
> leave more room at the top of the bottle, perhaps.
Actually, leaving a larger air gap would increase the pressure (more C02).
The practice of
> banding wooden casks with iron bands ought to make a pretty strong
> container. Don't know when that began, but the name 'Cooper' is a period
> last name.
It's not that the barrels would bust, but rather, the gas would seep out
through the cracks under high pressure.
>
> In addition, if the fizzy mead was made at home, stored for ripening in
> an open vat, and then served to Digby's guests at his home, it could have
> been made long before Digby was born.
If it was kept in an open vat, I don't think it would have been "fizzy".
"Fuzzy", maybe...
Balthazar of Blackmoor
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