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Rectified
Spirits.
v
British
Brandy
Bitters.
By
rectified
Spirits,
is
not
meant
the
usual
Spirits
of
Wine,
though
now
sold
by
our
rectifiers,
in
some
respects,
under
the
same
regulation.
The
difference
between
the
two
articles
in
their
manu-
facture
is,
that
the
rectified
Spirits
of
which
I
now
speak,
is
distilled
from
better
and
cleaner
Spirits,
arid
afterwards
rectified
to
extract
the
essential
oil,
ir>order
to
render
it
as
tasteless
as possible;
whilst
^--Spirits
of
Wine
is
generally
made,
from
the
feints
and
refuse
of
all
other
Spirits
and
Compounds
put
together;
and
undergoes,
only
the
simple
process
of
distillation.
It
is
sold
under
the
denomination
of
plain
Spirits,
and
is
to
be
bought
at
twenty-five
per
cent,
overproof
for
about
15s.
7d. per
gallon,
including
ihe
overproof;
and,
therefore,
when
re-
duced
to
proof,
costs
only
12s.
5d.
per
gallon,
as
the
following
will
show
:
L.
s.
d.
100
gals,
of
Rectified
Spirits
at
15*.
7rf.
.
.
77
18
4
25
gals,
of
water
to
reduce
it
to
proof
makes
up
125
gals,
proof
Rectified
Spirits
at
~~12s.
5K
T&y
is
.
77
18
4
It
may
be
requisite,
however,
just
to
observe,
that,
all
dealers
are
restricted
from
keeping
Rectified
Spi-
rits
in
stock,
or
sending
it
out
at
a
less
strength
than
it
is
received
in
at.
But
as
the
retailer
has
to
render
no
other
account
of
its
disposal
to
his
Excise
Officer,
(should
there
be
a
decrease),
when
the
stock
is
taken,
than
is
afforded
by
the
permits
he
has
had
occasion
to
draw
for
sending
out
two
gallons
of
it
or
upwards,
such
a
restriction
does
not
in
the
least
interfere
with
his
means
of
using
it
in
any
Spirit
he
pleases.
British
Brandy
Bitters
is
used
to
fill
up
the
flavor,
but
comparatively
in
small
quantities,
as
it
is
exceedingly
powerful
:
it
is
usually
composed
of