1883 The Bar-Tenders' Guide or How to Mix all kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks (1976 edition)

Real French Brandy a Delusion and a Fraud.

Millions Paid in this Country for Poisonous Concoctions sent over frdm France. The Mystery of the One, Two, Three Stars Explained; also the seemingly Inexhaustible Supply in the face of Constantly Failing "Vintages. Annexed Eeport of Q-eorge Gifford, U. S. Consul, at Xia Sochelle, France. C It is to be hoped that the annexed report, coming from a V. S, official, actuated only by his sense of duty, will have its desired effect. Even were the article a meritorious one, there is no necessityfor it any longer. "Wc are large dealers in California Grape Brandy— the product of the distilleries at San Gabriel and Los Angeles, which produced nearly 200,000 gallons the past two years; and expect to distill 150,000 gallons this year. The Sunny Slope Brandy has acquired a national reputation, and it will prove in the future, as it has in the past, of absolnte purity, and the best article of the kind in the market. We oU'er it in bond or free, either direct from the distilleries or from our store. WOODFORD, DEAN & CO., 63 and 66 S.Heridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. FALSIFICATION OF BRANDY. "In the report on the commerclnl relations of the United States for the month of July, justiasiied by the State Department, the Report of George Giflbrd, Consul at LuRoctiellc, on the falsification of French Rrandy for the United States. The report is dated June 5, 1882. llcsays: •No considerable quantity ofwine being exported to theUnited States hom the LaRochelle district, my inquirieshare been wholly confined to the quality of thebrandy produced in thisregion, whence nearly theentire snpply of our