1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

PREPARING CHOICE LIQUORS.

126

oil of apples, one ounce, dissolved in alcohol, two ounces ; color with four ounces sugar coloring ; va- lerinate of amylic oxide is the chemical name for apple oil.

WHISKEY.

Neutral spirits,

four gallons ;

Irish Whiskey.

re-

fined sugar, three pounds, in water, four quarts ; creasote, four drops; color with four ounces burnt

sugar.

SCOTCH WHISKEY.

Neutral spirits,

alcoholic solution of

four gallons ;

starch, one gallon ;

cochineal

creasote, five drops ;

burnt sugar coloring,

tincture, four wine glasses full ;

quarter of a pint.

ORONOKO RYE WHISKEY.

Neutral spirit,

fonr gallons ;

refined sugar, three

and a half pounds ;

water, to dissolve, three pints ;

decoction of tea, one pint ; oil of pear, half an ounce ;

burnt sugar, four ounces ; dissolved in ounce of al-

cohol.

TUSCALOOSA WHISKEY.

Neutral spirits, four pints ;

honey, three pints,