1857 The Bordeaux wine and liquor dealers' guide

·APPENDIX. 141 lump sugar 1 lb. Digest the peel in the brandy for ten days, frequently shaking ; then press out the liquor and filter tl1rough blotting .paper ; lastly, dissolve the sugar therein. R6'TlU111'ks.-A very agreeable bitter, either taken as a dram, or mixed with other liquor. II. Gentian root, bruised, 4 oz.; fresh orange peel , 5 oz. ; cassia bark 2 oz. ; cardamom seeds, bruised, 1 oz. ; cochineal, bruised, -t oz. ; proof spirit 1·gal– lon. Digest for a week, then decant .the clear, press the botroms, and pour thereon 5 pts. of water ; again digest for 3 days, then press out the liquor, mix the two tinctures, filter and add sugar 2 lbs. ill. Bruised gentian 2 oz. ; fresh orange peel 3 oz.; cassia bark t oz. ; cloves 1 drachm ; proof spirit 1 gallon ; cape or raisin wine i gallon. Digest for a week as before, then add sugar 1 lb., and a little coloring, if required. IV. Bruised gentian -t lb. ; cochineal i oz. ; sugar f lb. ; spirit (24 u. p.) 1 gallon.

CALOMBA BITTERS.

Oalomba root, fresh orange and lemon peel, of each 1 oz.; proof spirit 1 quart; digest for a week, then express the tincture, add lump sugar 4 oz., and a little coloring.

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