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GIN.
the gin-drinkers too much corrupted to relish
so pure a beverage."
Gin has thus far proved more difficult to imi–
tate than any of the other liquors, it being
almost impossible to impart the exact flavor of
the
trite
IIollands gin to any of its imitations.
The author of this work has, however, been so
fortunate as to succeed in making an imitation
out of pure spirits, which has been pronounced
by good judges a genuine article.
There is more care required in combining the
proper quantities of the different ingredients,
in n1aking imitations of Hollands gin, than in
the imitations of wines and brandies, so as to
insure the peculiar
flavor, creaminess,
and
smooth–
ness
of the real article. The reader will find
the imitations of gin made in accordance with
the formuloo hereafter given superior to most of
the gins furnished to dealers, they being either
too much, reduced,
or, if imitations,
too
liigli7y
flavored-it
being necessary, in securing a good
imitation, to guard against both extremes.