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Filter for Brandy (Green color it is a sure sign)

green color, it is a sure sign that the oil so tested is pure. Another way of preparing this "bead" is as follows:-take one ounce oil of sweet almonds (pure and tested), one ounce sulphuric acid; put them in a stone mortar, and add, by degrees, two ounces white lump sugar, rubbing it well with the pestle till it becomes a paste; then add small quantities of spirits of wine, till it comes into a liquid. This quantity is sufficient to give a bead to 100 gallons.

THE BEST "BEAD," and the only one used or recommended by the author of this work, is the Orange Flower Water Bead. It has the advantage over either of the above, inasmuch as its virtues are not affected by the presence of either acids or alkalies, in the liquor to be beaded. There are three kinds of orange flower water: the single, double, and triple; the latter has triple the strength of the former, and is the kind we recommend. To give a fine bead, use 100 drops to forty gallons brandy-one drop to each gallon. WHITE GLYCERIN improves liquor, it is a good beading and imparts age and smoothness. Use one pound to forty gallons.

To give the Appearance of Age to Brandy.

To give age to brandy, use ammonia, or spirits of Hartshorn, one to three drops per gallon; this will immediately give the appearance of two years' age to brandy; but as ammonia is very volatile, its effects or virtues soon disappear, and should therefore only be used as wanted. Glycerin is also good.

Filter for Brandy.

This filter is employed to give a clear, light appearance to domestic brandy, which object is effected by passing