hist-brewing: Re: hist-brewing-digest V1 #305

[Wylie & Gail]

I happened to spot this quote in Clara Furness' book _Honey Wines and Beers_


    "The righteous shall be given to drink pure mead sealed with musk."
	            -- The Koran

and was wondering what it meant to seal a mead with musk.  Does anyone one
know what this was, or how it was done?  Thanks in advance!


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http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/15/015DF000.htm

Musk, substance with a strong odor obtained from a gland of the male musk
deer of Asia. The long-lasting odor makes musk an important ingredient in
perfumes. Musk also delays evaporation of other scents and is used in
perfumes

Today, musk is almost always synthesized.

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