George Washington’s Personal Beer Recipe

Being made by a brewery. [Link]

The New York Public Library is teaming up with the Coney Island Brewing company to recreate Ol' Washington's beer using his handwritten recipe. It's going to be called: Fortitude's Founding Father Brew and will only be available during the NYPL's Centennial gala on May 23rd. If you can't make it to the part-ay, here's the recipe in full:

"To Make Small Beer:

Take a large Siffer [Sifter] full of Bran Hops to your Taste. Boil these 3 hours then strain out 30 Gall[ons] into a cooler put in 3 Gall[ons] Molasses while the Beer is Scalding hot or rather draw the Melasses (sic) into the cooler & St[r]ain the Beer on it while boiling Hot. let this stand till it is little more than Blood warm then put in a quart of Yea[s]t if the Weather is very Cold cover it over with a Blank[et] & let it Work in the Cooler 24 hours then put it into the Cask-leave the bung open till it is almost don[e] Working-Bottle it that day Week it was Brewed."