But then after three weeks or a months Barrelling, you must bottle it.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
One William Beukelem, of Biervliet, in Flanders, who died in 1397, according to Anderson, in his History of Commerce, is said to have been the inventor of the method of pickling herrings: but this cannot be correct; for though he may have introduced some improvements in the mode of cleaning and Barrelling the fish, the inhabitants of Yarmouth and other places on the eastern coast were accustomed both to pickle and smoke herrings long previous to the time when the practice is said to have been introduced by Beukelem.
"The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1"
William Finden
This must have been stronger stuff than molasses and water, to have been worth Barrelling and sending across the water.
"Customs and Fashions in Old New England"
Alice Morse Earle