1827 Wine and spirit adulterators unmasked

linings. done in the proportion of three pints of blood, to every Jhundred gallons of the compound, if it is to appear distinctly as Pale Sherry ; but if it is only meant to pass for Amber- coloured Sherry, one pint and a half, of this de- lectable ingredient, is enough. The whole mixture, however, after lying ten days or so, is bottled off, or racked into quarter casks, &sc. and is then con- sidered fit to be advertised, and sold as genuine Sherry, under whichever character, as to colour, it has been made to represent. Another article sometimes introduced, and supposed to be a capital material to assist in the manufacture of fictitious Sherry, on the best system to deceive the Public, is, BRITISH RAISIN WINE ; but as my informa- tion is not so conclusive as to this being much in use, any further than with a very few, even of those who are considered the cleverest adepts ; for the sake of accuracy in detail, I have not included For the purpose of mingling, and intimately combining, in the most effectual manner, the dif- ferent ingredients, for the making up of spurious Pale Sherry, which I have thus placed before my Readers ; the erection of a vat, or vats, is not less necessary and advantageous, than for the fabrica- tion of Port; independently of Sherry, being a This is it, in the Example, I am about to submit.

the same purpose as Lamb's Blood, but its effect lias been found to be so very deficient in several respects, that, I believe, its use, is now entirely superseded by the latter more valuable ingredient.