Cordials and Liqueurs
How to Make Syrup for Cordials
dered perfectly fine by filtering or fining. Some spirits, as anise seed, etc., frequently require this treatment, which is best performed…
How to Clarify Brown Sugar
boil and rise to the top of the pan, throw in a little of the water to prevent the sugar running over. You must let the sugar rise three…
Ials Without Distillation
Maraschino. (135 gallons, superfine.) 4 oz. essence of noyau, 1 “ " 66 rose, “ " 66 2 neroly, 4 drachms of mace, infused in alcohol, 95 per…
Dials by Distillation
The following recipes are strongly recommended to those of our readers who contemplate the manufacture of cordials by distillation, as…
Manufacture of Cordials
Maraschino. (Superfine.) Charge of the Still, Water-bath. Take 70 lbs. peach or apricot stones, wash with tepid water, and put them into a…
Finings for Cordials (Water Distill from off)
of water. Distill from off the water, 6 gallons flavored alcohol, and add 14 gallons of the whitest plain syrup, about 34 degrees, Baumé…
Finings for Cordials (See Finings for Wines page)
(See Finings for Wines, page 169.) Fining with Isinglass. Take half an ounce of the best isinglass, and dissolve it over a gentle fire, in…
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, stirring…
To Color Cordials
through, fill up the filter again so as to keep it full. When the liquid runs clear and limpid let it all run through, and commence…
Punch Essences
Essence of Rum Punch 53 lbs. of sugar, 3+ gals. of water. Boiled almost to the candy degree; add 10 gallon of Lemon juice (to the boiling…
Manufacture of Bitters (Lb cardamom seed oz cinnamon)
1 lb. cardamom seed, 2 oz. cinnamon, 2 oz. cochineal, 1 gal. brandy, 8 66 water. Grind all the ingredients to coarse powder, and infuse ten…
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 coarse…
Bitter Filter
Bitter Filter A The bitter filter is constructed similarly to the Cog nac and Port wine filters, and is very simple in its arrangement. A…
Sand (C be a bed of granulated)
C be a bed of granulated animal charcoal (sifted and fanned from the dust), four inches in depth. After having done this, fit in the false…
Cider and Making Cider Wine
THE process of making cider varies in different places, but in every case essentially consists of: the collection of the fruit; the…
How to Make Good Cider
the necessary use of water to wet the straw, which is equivalent to an addition of water to the juice: then, too, the straw always retains…
On the Management of Cider
CIDER should be stored in a cool place, and should not be drank before it becomes sufficiently matured. To improve the flavor of a hogshead…
How to Imitate Cider
This is a pale variety of cider, much used for "bottling," which has a great resemblance to inferior champagne. The following is a good…
Cider Wine
When cider has fermented for about one week in a cask, add half a pound of white sugar to every gallon; then allow it to ferment further…