1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

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BITTERS.

! pound wild-cherry bark. 1 ounce bruised cochineal.

1 ounce red sanders. 3 gallons pure spirits.

Digest fourteen days, frequently agitating; decant the clear liquor, and add 2 pounds loaf– sugar.

No. 10.-SPIRIT BITTERS. i pound bruised gentian. l pound orange-peel. i pound wild-cherry bark. l pound calamus. l pound chamomile blossoms. l pound bruised cardan1om seed.

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i pound red t:>anders. 1 ounce canella bark.

l pound Virginia snake-root. i pound columbo root, bruised. 5 gallons spirits.

Digest for fourteen days, frequently shaking; decant the clear liquor, add 2 pounds loaf-sugar.