1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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2. Bore holes through one of the heads, aa scribed. 3. Take out the head and sink it down within 2 .'hes of the bottom. i. Cover with a layer of flannel this perforated oottom. 5. Put 4 to 6 inches washed sand on the top of the flannel. 6. Put another layer of flannel on the top of the sand. 7. Put 12 or 15 inches of charcoal on the top of the flannel. 8. Put another la3'er of flannel on the coal. 9. Put 4 or 6 bricks on the flannel, to keep it from rising up to the top. 10. Keep the stand, after you have poured liquor on, well covered. The spirituous liquor which is rectified thus is called pure spirits or sweet liquors, and is flavoured for wines, brandies, spirits, rum, Monongahela whis- key, cordials, etc., and should be clear of all foreign matter.

No. 271. How to make 3Ionongahela Whiskey,

No. 1.

Take 36 gallons pure spirits, and add i pound young hyson tea, 6 pounds dried peaches, baked brown, not burned, 4 pounds lonf sugar, 4 ounces cloves, 4 ounces cinnamon. Mix them all together, and stir them well for 3 or 4 days, and in a few weeks it will be good. N.B. — You can put double or triple the quantity