Results for Keeve

Definitions of Keeve:

part of speech: verb

To set in a keeve for fermentation; to tilt a cart.

part of speech: noun

A large vessel for fermenting liquors; a mashing- tub.

Usage examples for Keeve:

• Boil your copper, temper your liquor in the same to 185, and when ready, run it on your keeve a little at a time, putting in the malt and the water gradually together, mashing at the same time; when the whole of your malt is thus got in, continue the operation of mashing half an hour, cap with dry malt, and let your mash stand one hour and a half. "The American Practical Brewer and Tanner", Joseph Coppinger

• Judge Keeve loved law as a science and studied it philosophically. "The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut", M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.

• Boiled the first copper; drew the fire; then ran ten inches of boiling hot water into the keeve added two inches of cold water, mixed both well together, which made up at 168; then put in the malt gradually, mashing all the time, for about half an hour; the mash being thin, did not require a longer operation. "The American Practical Brewer and Tanner", Joseph Coppinger