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Amazon Bitters
alcohol; gallon best sherry or madeira wine, and 1 pint wine vinegar.
Brandy.
Take 40 gallons French proof spirit, 1 gallon brandy flavor (see page 59), 1 quart hickory-nut tincture (see page 117), 1 drachm oil of cognac dissolved in 95 per cent. alcohol. and 1 pint wine vinegar. Color with caramel Bitters made with Essences. 40 gals. sprit, proof, 1 drachm each oil of anise, caraway, lemon, orange, and cinnamon, drachm each bitter almonds and cloves, 1 gal. sugar syrup.
Cut the oils in alcohol, 95 per cent., and mix. Color with brandy coloring.
Amazon Bitters.