The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer

The liquor trade's own 1868 handbook — stills, cordials, imitation brandies and how wines were doctored, preserved as printed.

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The Still and Distillation

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Brandy, Whiskey and Imitation Spirits

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Wines, Champagne and Doctoring

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Cordials and Liqueurs

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Vinegar

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Useful Rules for Liquor Merchants

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Highlights

The Clarification on Liquids by Fining

kind of cloth which carries down with it all the impurities suspended in the wine. Sulphuric acid is frequently added to weak…

Concluding Remarks on Gin

In imitating gin, the manufacturer should be very careful and avoid the use of too much of any one particular flavor. The…

To Make Batavia Arrack

per cent., filter, and mix the ingredients separately, and stir them well together. Color with sugar coloring. The above recipe…

Filter-Bags for Cordials

Take the white of four eggs, beat them to a stiff froth, add a little alcohol, amd mix it gradually with 20 gallons of cordial…

Iart XVI

In the preparation of syrups care should be taken to employ the best refined sugar, and either distilled water or filtered rain…

Manufacture of Bitters (Oz of coriander seed)

2½ oz. of coriander seed, 1 " centaurium, 3 66 orange peel, 2 66 German camomile flower. All the ingredients should be ground to…

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