1900 Cocktail BOOTHBY'S American Bartender ( 2nd edition )

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Thfe liquors oftwo centuries ago werewithoutexception invented and"made in monasteries.- • . ' - ' C " ^ n > ^^^hiedam Gin is made from rye, buckwheat, damaged rice, potato spirit, or \ .. any other handy materials;""** - - Tiie difference between brandy and whiskey is tli'e fact that the former is a fruit and the latter a grain product. Intoxicating liquors have been made from the sap of the birch, the willow,' the poplar and the sycamore. In th?.Southern Provinces of Russia, a drink resembling brandy is obtained by distilling the juice of the watermelon. . In making champagne the grapes are squeezed six times, each pressure makingjWine of a different quality. Hippdcrates mentions wine made of medlars, mulberries, asparagus, o.dganum,thyme and many other herbs. • Napoleon drank Clos-Vougeot and whenever a Fr^flch regiment marches past that vineyard it always halts and presents arms. The Swiss "Wine of Blood" is so called from the battle of Birs fought oh the vineyard, i,6oo Swiss opposed 30,000 French and were all killed but sixteen. Champagne owes its quality to the soil, a mixture of chalk, silica, light clay and oxide of iron and to great care and delicate manipulation in manufacture. A^lcohol.has never been reduced to the solid state but becomes viscid at very low temperature. * Pure spirit of wine or hydrated alcohol was first obtained by Abucasis, a Moor,*in 1130 A. D. % Alcohol distilled from wine was first mentioned as Aqua Vitae (Water of Life } by VUleneuve who died in 1313. i In the wine districts ofFrance,Spain and Italy, grapes are still trodden with "the bare feet ^under the idea that the wine is better. pJum improves with age. In 1865 a quantity of rum known to be 140 years old sold' at $i5-oo per bottle. It is niade from the fefuseof sugar. , The bes^ comes from the West Indies. Cpfacoa takes its namefrom the island ofthat namein the West Indies where the Dutch first made.it. It is'produced by digesting orange peel in sweetened spirits And fiavoring"with cinnarron, cloves or mace.' Noyan isnnade from white brandy, bitter.almonds, sugar,candy, mace and nutmeg and is.flavored with the kernels of peaches.

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