cock ale

i have tasted some weird treats in my lifetime but the thought of adding chicken gravy (and nutmeg) to my beer makes me want to dry heave.

Take a cock of half a year old, kill him and truss him well, and put into a cask twelve gallons of Ale to which add four pounds of raisins of the sun well picked; sliced Dates, nutmegs and mace.

Then boil the cock in a manner to a jelly; then press the body of him extremely well, and put the liquor into the cask where the Ale is, with the spices and fruit; then put to it a pint of new Ale yeast, and let it work well for a day. if it proves too strong, you may add more plain Ale to palliate this restorative drink, which contributes much to the invigorating of nature°.

bonus information: other popular beer cups (ale drinks with additives) at the beginning of the eighteenth century were named:

Humpty-dumpty, Clamber-clown, Hugmatee, Stick-back, Knock-me-down, Fox-comb, Stiffle, Blind Pinneaux, Stephony and Northdown.

from: the curiosities of ale and beer, by john bickerdyke, 1886.