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

98 filtkation. \rater. are distilled with a quantity of cocoa and spice. Now,as the alcohol distils at 116°, and water at 212°, it is perfectly apparent that the 1 pints of alcohol will all dia- f til from off the water, and become impregnated with the flavor and taste of the cocoa and spices before the water begins to distil. The gi-eater the surface exposed,and the less the height the vapors have to ascend,the more rapidly does the distil lation proceed; and so well are these principles under stood by the Scotch distillers, that they do not take more than three minutes to discharge a still containing fifty gallons of fluid. The body of the still or boiler should never be filled above one-half, sometimes not above one- fourth,to preventthe j)ossibility of boiling or spirting over. As a necessary appendage to the boiler,furnace,