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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Imitation Scotch Whiskey

1 gallon peach flavor (see Recipe No. 2), 1 gallon flavoring compound for brandy, (see page 59), 1 pint wine vinegar, 1 pound white glycerine, and 12 drops oil of cognac dissolved in 95 per cent. alcohol. Color with caramel.

To make Rye Whiskey.

RECIPE No. 9.

To 40 gallons proof spirit, add 2 gallons peach flavoring (see Recipe No. 2), 1 pint white vinegar, and 12 drops oil of cognac in 95 per cent. alcohol. Color with caramel, and add 1 pound best white glycerine.

To make Sweet Rye Whiskey.

RECIPE No. 10 Mix 30 gallons proof spirit, 10 gallons proof rye whiskey, and 1 gallon raisin flavor (see page 259).

Colored with sufficient caramel, add 1 pound white glycerine.

Imitation Irish Whiskey.

RECIPE No. 11.

Mix 36 gallons French spirits, 20 above proof, 4 gallons Scotch (Ramsay) whiskey, 3 pints best sherry wine, 2 pints syrup, and 10 drops sassafras flavor. (See next Recipe.) Granulate Sassafras Flavoring for Bourbon.

RECIPE No. 12. pound sassafras bark, and infuse it in gallon 95 per cent. alcohol for 20 days; filter.

Imitation Scotch Whiskey.

RECIPE No. 13.

Mix 30 gallons French spirits, 20 above proof, prepared as directed in next Recipe, 4 gallons Scotch whiskey, and 1 quart syrup.

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