U.S. Patent No. 4, 430 - Improvement in Making Vegetable Beer

United States Patent No. 4,430
-Issued March 21, 1986

 Improvement in Making Vegetable Beer

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This is the oldest patent I could find in the Alcoholic Beverage classification (426/592).   Its a recipe for "Cream Nectar" or "Vegetable Transparent Beer".

The concoction is made from ginger, dried pumpkin, toasted peanuts, walnuts, sweet corn and cream of tartar.

Its unclear what the final alcohol content is, but since there inst a distillation process mentioned its likely to be somewhere in the 10-30 proof range.

The entire patent and some cocktail thoughts after the jump

The flavors used here remind me of the holidays, or more particularly, a cold November night (appropriate for Hartford Connecticut in the 1840s).

Perhaps when the temperature drops down a bit I'll craft a drink that uses these flavors.  Canton with  Benedictine immediately comes to mind....but what to use for the pumpkin?