1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

NEW YORK GIN.

135

one pint ;

and a half gallons ;

tincture of pellitory,

if required, add

one gallon :

strong decoction ol tea,

a bead. Color wi th burnt sugar and sanders, viz. a quart of good be died sugar coloring, and one pint of tincture of red sanders ; and add four ounces of nitric ether, and half a gallon of tincture of prunes. (See directions for making this tincture under the head of Ethers.)

COGNAC BRANDY.

Filtered whiskey, twenty-five gallons ;

clear water,

tincture of pepper, one gallon ;

fourteen gallons ;

decoction of strong tea, add six drops of oil of orange dissolved in a wine glass full of alcohol ; acetic ether, one pound. Color with burnt sugar, and sanders to suit taste. one and a half gallons ;

NEW YORK GIN.

Perfectly clear filtered whiskey, twenty-five gal- lons ; clear water, ten gallons ; clear tincture of grains of paradise of double strength, one gallon ;*one drachm of oil of juniper dissolved in a gill of alcohol. Some- times a small portion of turpentine is added ; that is, when the grain oil is perceptible to the smell. If finings should be necessary, use alum. (For full di* tections, look under the head of Fittings.)