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To Plaster Brandy Pipes
Coffee Flavoring for Liquors.
Infuse 1 pound ground roasted coffee in 1 gallon 95 per cent. alcohol. This is used in combination with other flavors for brandy To Give Age, Body and Smoothness to Brandy.
One pint of pure glycerine added to 50 gallons of Brandy, will greatly improve the liquor. This substance, when pure, is perfectly harmless, and gives brandy a peculiar smoothness, imparting body and age to that, and other liquors. (See "Glycerine.") To give the Appearance of Age to Brandy Barrels. issolve in 3 gals. water 3 lbs. sulphuric acid and 1 lb. sulphate of iron.
Wash your barrels with it on the outside.
How to Fix new Barrels when you send Cognac Abroad.
Dissolve 6 oz. sulphuric acid, in 4 gals. water.
Rinse your barrels, inside, first with the above mixture, and afterwards with clear cold water. To Plaster Brandy Pipes.
First notch over the bottom of the casks, with a hatchet or adze, then for the bottom of a pipe, mix gal. plaster with 1 gal. water, and pour it on ; while the plaster is setting, tap the pipe gently with a mal let, in order that the plaster may penetrate into every crevice. When the plaster is fully set, wash it over with a wet sponge. If you wish to color the plaster, add a little Venice red.