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

GIN. 115 One great difficulty in imitating gin is the want of skill in the operator. Unless this is possessed, he had better depend upon reducing with pure spirits, as given in the formulm for reduced gins. After having acquired the 'requi– site skill, by experimenting in a small way, he can then go on with the imitations of pure gin.