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

202 HECrPES FOE TEN GAIXONS EACH.

4 ounces ofcardamom. Macerate for 24 hours (see No.5) with gallons of alcohol, 95 per • cent., and 4 gallons of water; distil from off the water gallons of flavored spirit, and add 24 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 5 gallons of water; color green. (See No. 90.) Filter.

362. Vespetro.

8 ounces ofangelica-seed. 4 do. Ceylon cinnamon. 1 do. mace. 40 lemons,the yellow rinds only.

Macerate for 24 hours (see No.5)with 3i gallons of ilcohol, 95 per cent., and 4 gallons of water; distil from off the water 3i gallons of flavored spirit, and add 24 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 5 gallons of water. Filter. (See No. 3.)

363. Vinegar, Raspberry.

30 lbs. ofraspberries made to a pulp. 7^ gallons of wine or cider vinegar. Macerate for 8 days(see No.5); press and stram.

364. "Whiskey, Irish.*

8 gallons ofgenuine Irish whiskey. 1 do. best pure spirit, mixed.

* "Without large distilleries these whiskeys—Irish and Scotch (see Scotch. Nos.364-366)—cannot be manufactured with profit. It is a hum bug to make them with essences, and a nuisance as regards health. The best imitation is mixing in propo.'tiou to the price.