1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

VI IT.

' ON BARRELLING LIQUORS,

GIVING AGE TO NEW BARRELS, AND BRIGHTENING OLD ONES, CLEANSING AND SWEETENING OLD BARRELS, BRANDS AND BRANDING BARRELS, MARKS THAT ARE NOT CUSTOM- HOUSE MARKS.

barrels are to be used, the "hoops should

be well driven and nailed.

If the barrels should ap-

pear If they are pipes, restore, if needed, the plaster of Paris on the heads, by mixing plaster of Paris with water to the consistence of thin mortar, and apply as necessary. It will set or harden immediately. If the plaster is to be colored, stir in uniformly Venetian red or any color to suit taste (in the plaster while it's being mixed). If the heads of the barrels are to be plain, and they are "old ones, examine carefully for the retailer's faucet- Plug this up carefully, allowing the plug to sink about the twentieth of an inch in the head of the barrel, thus allowing a small space to be filled slack, swell them with water. opening.