1884 The Modern Bartenders' Guide by O. H. Byron

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IMITATION CIDEK.

Clioap Hade Cider.

1 hogsliead good cider. 1 liogsliead water. 50 lbs. molasses. ^ lb. alum, dissolved. Brimstone matches to stop fermentation, by burn- ing.

Imitation Cider.

.33 gallons water. Bulphuric acid, enough to make the water ideasantly

sour.

50 lbs. bi'own sugar. 4 oz. alum. 5 oz. ginger. 5 oz. cloves. G oz. bitter almonds.

Boil the four last ingredients in two gallons of the water for two hours, strain, and add this decoction to the other water. Burned sugar may be added to color, if wished. From three to fourgallons of whisky, if mixed with it, will give more body. It is generally known, we suppose, that bisulphite of lime may be advantageously employed in fresh cider to stop its conversion to vinegar.

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