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MOLASSES.

IODINE

Is used to indicate the presence of starch in liquors ; in this manner it is used in detecting French bran-

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Ascertaining the Purity of

dies.

Brandies."

LOGWOOD

Imparts its color to water and alcohol ; the color that is imparted to boiling water is of a much warm- er tone than that of any other ; the color is of a deep red, bordering on purple. This is suited for the- wines, and is sometimes combined with burnt sugar, in coloring brandy. Is sometimes used in manufacturing liquors ; that it contains a large portion of charcoal, and that it is indebted to it for its own ; this charcoal being in such minute particles, that their removal is attended with great difficulty, as finings will have no effect on them. It is exceed ingly difficult to render a fluid transparent that holds molasses in solution, and for this reason coloring for liquors should never be prepared from molasses, and coloring, from this source, may be known by the heavy color it leaves in liquor. the ob- jection to its use is, color MOLASSES