SC - 'lightly fizzy' drink?'

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

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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