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.

Vinegar

5 receipts in this part of The French Wine and Liquor Manufacturer.

Vinegar Generator

(220) A C the bottom, and three and a half feet in diameter at the top, with a cover, E, of which one part, G, is movable, in order to…

Manufacture of Vinegar

The shelf or false bottom also has four 1-inch holes, in which are inserted four open glass or reed tubes as air vents, each having its…

Concluding Remarks

THE success of the whole process of making vinegar by the German or quick method, depends almost entirely upon the free circulation of air…

Iart XVI

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

Water Syrups

To eight pounds of finest white sugar, add two quarts of water and the whites of two eggs; stir until all the sugar is dissolved; simmer…

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