1876 How to Mix Drinks or the Bon-Vivant's Companion 2$50 by Jerry Thomas

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KECIPES FOE TEN GALLONS EACH.

Boiled to the crack (see Nos. 9 and 17); add 1ยง- gallon oflemon juice (to the boiling sugar); stir till getting clear; then put in a clean tub, and when near cool add 5 gallons of good Jamaica rum. Filter. (See No. 3.)

298. Quatia.

1 lb. ofquassia-root. 1 lb. oforange peel.

Ground; macerate for 24 hours with 3 gallons of alco hol, 95 per cent.,(see No.5); strain, press; add 32 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 5 gallons of water. Filter. (See No. 3.) 299. Ratafia d'AbricotS. (Ratafia of Apricots.) 8^ lbs. of apricots, the juice of them; boU for 5 minutes in 20 lbs. of sugar, and 4} gallons of water; then add 4 gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent. Filter. (See No. 3.) 00. Ratafia d'Angelique. (Ratafia of Angelica.) 12 ounces ofangelica-root, cut. 8 do. juniper berries, ground. Macerate for 8 days with 4 gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent., and -20 lbs. ofsugar dissolved in 4f gallons of water (see No.5). Fdter. (See No. 3.)

01. Ratafia d'Anis. (Ratafia of Anise-seed.)

6f ounces ofgreen anise seed. 13J do. star anise-seed.

Ground; macerate for 8 days in 4 gallons of alcohol, 93 per cent,(see No.6); strain, press; add 20 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 4J gallons of water. Filter. (See No. 3.)

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