1892 Drinks of the world

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acted on by the condensed air. This air, rising through a pipe, collects at the top of the cylinder, and in that way it is prevented from interfering with the steady flQ.W of the shower. A slight circulation of the air is at the same time promoted. On the process being completed, the liquor is run into casks, and the air which remains in the vessel is allowed to escape, the quantity of alcohol in combination with it not being worth saving. The object of this process is to bring about the oxidation of the essential oils contained in the whiskey or other spirit, and to promote their conversion into ethers. It is claimed that this transformation does take place, and that, the spirit is changed from a new This change is said to be effected in twenty-four hours,, and that the spirit has, in that period, put on a maturity of ten years. spirit, and has all the character, mellowness, and flavour of that matured by time.

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WOODEN CUAGH OR QUAIGH, {Brit. Mus.)