1887 The bar-tender's guide

ESSENCE OF COGXAC.

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Gum Syrup,

Take 14 pounds of loaf-sugar. 1 gallon of water. Boil together for five minutes, and add water to make up to 2 gallons.

Lemon Syrup.

Take 5 gallons of gum syrup. 4 ounces of tartaric acid. 1 ounce of oil of lemon. 1 pint of alcohol. Cut the oil of lemon in the alcohol, add the tartaric acid, and mix thoroughly with the syrup.

Essence of Lemon.

Take 1

ounce of oil of lemon.

1 quart of alcohol (95 per cent.). % pint of water. 1% ounces of citric acid. Grind the citric acid to a powder in a porcelain mortar ; dissolve it in the water. Then cut the oil of lemon in the alcohol, and add the acid water.

Essence of Cognac.

Take 1 ounce of oil of cognac.

% gallon of spirits (95 per cent.). 1 gallon of spirits (70 per cent.). 2 ounces of strong ammonia.