1891. DRINKS À LA MODE - DE SALIS (Mrs.) - London

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90

DRINKS

A

LA

MODE

The

most

famous

brandy

is

distilled

at

Cognac,

in

France,

from

the

choicest

wines.

The

best

brandy

is

made

from

the

grape

called

folk

blanche.

Whisky.

Whisky

is

a

spirit

made

by

distillation

from

grain,

roots,

and

other

materials,

the

best

being

pro-

duced

from

barley

after

it

has

been

malted.

Gin.

Gin

is

an

alcoholic

drink

distilled

from

malt

or

from

unmalted

barley

or

other

grain,

and

after-

wards

rectified

and

flavoured.

Schiedam

or

Hollands,

the

drink

of the

Dutch,

is

made

by

using

juniper

berries

to

flavour

the

spirit

made

from

unmalted

Riga

rye

in

Holland,

and

it

is

a

rich,

mellow,

soft

spirit.

Rum.

Rum

is

chiefly

made

in

the

West

Indies,

and

is

manufactured

from

the

distillation

of

the

fer-

mented

skimmings

of

the

sugar

boilers,

with

the

strainings

and

washings

of

the

sugar

works,

add-

ing

some

raw

cane-juice

to

impart

the

flavour.

If

pure

it

is

a

very

wholesome

spirit.

The

best

comes

from

Jamaica

and

Santa

Cruz.

The

Sunshine

rum

sold

by

Burnett

and

Co.

is

a

first-rate

kind.

Arrack

is

made

from

a

juice

which

exudes

from

the

cocoa-nut

tree.

There

is

an

inferior

kind

made