1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

MANUFACTURE OF WINES. CORDIALS, &C.

RED BEETS

Are only used for the red coloring matter that they them and infusing in water, or fermenting them with the fermenting liquid that is desired of a red color. Five pounda will color forty gallons of liquid a light shade of and ten pounds will give to the same quantity yield, which is obtained by slicing pink,

a deep-red rose color.

BRAZIL WOOD.

This wood yields to water a beautiful red color, >vhich is used in all classes of liquors. Where a red wpuld be desirable, three pounds of the wood to five gallons of water, and infuse for five to ten days.

BEECH WOOD.

The chips of this wood are used in the manufacture of vinegar, as described in another part of the work. The advantages that this wood presents over any other for the purpose are owing to a strong predispo- Bition, to fermentation that is manliest in tnis wood \yhile in coniact with any fermeiitive matter.