1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

GIN.

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One great difficulty in

imitating

gin is the

want of skill in the operator. Unless this is

possessed, he had better depend upon

reducing

with pure spirits, as given in the formulm for

reduced

gins.

After having acquired the 'requi–

site skill, by experimenting in a small

way,

can then go on with the

imitations of pure gin.