1857 The Bordeaux wine and liquor dealers' guide

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MANUFACTURING AND ADULTERATING LIQGOHS.

of dried orange and lemon peel. One ounce of oil of cassia is equal to eight pounds of the bud:;; or bark. If wanted dark, color with burned sugar; the quan– tity of sugar is one-half pound to the gallon.

CITRON CORDIAL.

3 lbs. yellow rind of citrons, 1 lb. orange peel, 2 oz. bmised nutmegs, 13 galls. proofspirits (at'proof); macerate, add water sufficient, 2 lbs. fine lump sugar for every gallon of the cordial.

OLOVE CORDIAL.

1 oz. bruised cloves, or · 1 drachm essential oil, to every 4 galls. of proof spirits, at proof. It is preferred of a very deep color, and is there– fore strongly colored with cochineal or with burned sugar. It should have 3 lbs. sugar to the gallon, and this need not be very fine. The addition of 1 drachm of bruised pimento, or five drops of the oil for every ounce of cloves, improves this cordial. 4*

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