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BRANDIES
I. APPLE BRANDY
Take seven gallons of water and boil one-half, put
ting the other into a barrel; add the boiling water to the
cold, with one-half gallon of molasses and a little yeast.
Keep the bung-hole open until fermentation cease^.
2. OLD APPLE BRANDY
One gallon of neutral spirits, one-half cup of decoction
of tea, one and one-half pints of alcoholic solution of
starch, one-eighth ounce of sulphuric acid. This is flavored
with one-fourth ounce of the oil of apples. Color with
one ounce of sugEir coloring.
3. BLACKBERRY BRANDY
One-quarter pound essence of blackberry, one quart
blackberry juice, one-quarter pound of gum arabic, one
small barrel pure spirits.
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