Drawing.
Where Wine is not to be had they drink Beer, which is brewed of Malt 1, and Hops 2, in a Caldron 3, afterwards it is powred into Vatts 4, and when it is cold, it is carried in Soes 5, into the Cellar 6, and is put into Vessels. Brandy-wine, extracted by the power of heat from dregs of Wine in a Pan 7, over which a Limbeck 8, is placed droppeth thorow a Pipe 9, into a Glass. Wine and Beer, when they turn sowr, become Vinegar. They make Mede of Wine and Honey.
Courtesy Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C.
Beer, Brandy, Mead, and Vinegar
These beverages may have been made at Jamestown in a building somewhat similar to the one shown in the 1685 engraving.
From Orbis Sensualium Pictus by Johann Comenius (London, 1685).