Shannon, R. — A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BREWING, DISTILLING, AND RECTIFICATION, With the Genuine Process of Making Brandy, Rum, and Hollands Gin, The London Practice of brewing Porter, Ale, and Table Beer, the Method of brewing Country Ales, &c. With the Modern Improvements in Fermentation, Or the Doctrine of Attenuation, in Which the Old and Present Mode of Work is Improved, With an Entire New System, Much More Advanageous; Interspersed with Practical Observations on Each Kind of Fermentable Matter, Raw and Prepared, with Rules for Obtaining the Greatest Quantity,-And of Better Quality, From Grain, Raw or Malted, Sugar or Molasses;-And the Making Wines. Cider and Vinegar ... With a Copious Appendix on the Culture and Preapration of Foreign Wines, Brandies, and Vinegars, Previous to Exportation, And the best Method of Managing them when imported into these Kingdoms.
Published by Robert Scholey ... 1805. 1st Ed. 4to. xxxii + 307pp. + 248pp. + 135pp. + Appendix 183pp. + [i]. 4 folding tables., folding chart, 8 engraved plates including 1 folding (stained). Some early marginalia, light browning, ex-libris Rev. I. Hollams, rebound in modern half leather with marbled boards, gilt lettered label to spine. Scarce. [Bitting p.431]. Scarce, many different types of beers spirits and wines are discussed. With 6pp. of subscribers including many brewers. From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research Department at Allied Breweries (Production) Limited located on Station Street in Burton-on-Trent. He is well-known in brewing science and microbiology literature for his work during the 1970s and 1980s regarding yeast flocculation, finings, and the vitamin nutrition and status of Zymomonas species.
