1891 Wehman’s Bartender’s Guide by Henry J. Wehman

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WEHMAN'S BAETENDEES- GUIDE.

Reduced Gin.

To lOj^ gallons Pure Proof Spirit, add: 5 gallons pure Holland Gin. 3 gills simple Syrup. Then mix well together.

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OR IN THIS MANNER:

To 10^ gallons Pure Spirit, add: 2^ gallons pure Holland Gin. 1 pint Syrup. 1 drachm Oil of Turpentine, cut and mixed in ^ pint Alcohol. ^oz. Spirits of Nitre. Mix well together and it will be ready for use. !

SwampscottJamaicaRum(Imitation). To 10>^ gallons Pure Spirits, add: lyi gallons Jamaica(genuine), jounce Tincture of Kino. 1)4! pound loaf Sugar.

%ounce Butyric Acid,cut or mixed first in Alcohol, and leftstanding thirteen hours,then add to the spirits, drachm Caraway Seed Oil.' yi drachm Fennel Seed Oil, cut or mixed in K pint Alco hol and add after standing fourteen hours. Mix the whole together and let stand for six days, after coloring with sugar coloring.

Simple Syrup. Take 2 pounds of loaf sugar to 1 pint of water, dissoive it over the Are, remove the scum that arises, as soon as it com mences to boil, remove it from the fire, strain it while hot.

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Gum Syrup. Dissolve 2 pounds of loaf sugar and 1 pound of white gum arabic in 1 quart of hot water, boil over the fire for 2 minutes.

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